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Lancaster’s Historic Waterway – Part II
This is the second article in a series of five which are taken from my book, “The Conestoga River: A…
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Lancaster’s Historic Waterway – Part I
The Conestoga River meanders for sixty miles through the fertile farmlands of Lancaster County. From early Native American inhabitants to…
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Mercer’s Mills and Bridge
Out on the eastern border of Lancaster County, spanning the Octoraro Creek between Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County and West Fallowfield…
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An Institute of Note
On February 3, 1899, a new piano teacher hung his shingle at 214 North Mulberry Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The…
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My Name is Burr, Sir
Many of the covered bridges in Lancaster County utilize an architectural style called the “Burr Truss” or “Burr Arch-Truss”. It’s…
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Peter Bezaillon
This is the third installment on the topic of the early fur traders that operated in Lancaster County. The first…
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Martin Chartier
This is the second installment on my series about the fur traders that had some connection to the area…
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Jacques LeTort
During the seventeenth century continuing into the eighteenth, the fur trade was big business among the Swedish, Dutch, French,…
