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The Story of Seneca George
During Pennsylvania’s colonial period, the colony’s magistrates relied heavily upon a small group of people who could act as translators…
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River of the Year
The Conestoga River has once again been nominated for the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers “River of the Year”…
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Cooper’s Mill
Yesterday (November 19), the Susquehanna Ramblers invited me to visit the ruins of an old mill site down in the…
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SPOOM Photo Contest 2025
The Society for the Preservation Of Old Mills (SPOOM) holds a photography contest each year. Members can submit exterior and…
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Turbine Maintenance at the Ressler Mill
After 118 years of operation, one of the water turbines at the Ressler Mill needed to be refurbished. This article…
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Mendelssohn’s Birthday
On February 3, 1899, on the 90th anniversary of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn, Dr. William A. Wolf opened a…
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A Conestoga Ramble
Two hundred years ago, in November 1824, Captain Ephraim Beach completed his survey and map of the Conestoga River for…
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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…
