![A plane crashed into a house in 1924; archaeology at the Ephrata Cloister in 1999 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/36/336c4142-4920-11ef-affe-477b488c521b/669ff45c38681.image.png?crop=1117%2C838%2C50%2C0&resize=1117%2C838&order=crop%2Cresize)
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
- July 30, 2024
- 79°
Yesteryear
![Boyhood memory: On the farm, Shep was a 3-legged hero [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/10/810751a4-4ba9-11ef-9f87-33dac7278ce1/66a435cde703b.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C992%2C0%2C91&resize=1763%2C992&order=crop%2Cresize)
Life on the farm at my young age was one continuing adventure. There was always something new to see and hear about. Up at daylight, I followed Ed, my uncle, through most of the day. His was the strenuous day of the farmer: hard work from sunup to dark, in bed by 9 and up again before sunrise.
Do you recognize this antique tool, which is part of the vast collection of artifacts at Landis Valley Village and Farm Museum? Do you know what it was used for?
![He awaits reunion with 1929 Model A pickup he owned in 1960s [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/fe/0fe5971e-45f1-11ef-97d4-bbcad46bf5d9/669a9cc8c162e.image.jpg?crop=399%2C224%2C0%2C37&resize=399%2C224&order=crop%2Cresize)
It was the fall of 1967, Joy and I lived in a small town in Kentucky. She taught seventh grade in the basement of an overcrowded school, and I was midway through my seminary education. Our modest income got us a basement apartment in a great couple’s home. We had lots of friends and just eno…
![An archaeological dig in 1949; would-be soldiers at Camp Meade in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/79/d79261ce-3ef4-11ef-9851-83ddd3207bf6/668ee4a623094.image.png?crop=1220%2C686%2C0%2C124&resize=1220%2C686&order=crop%2Cresize)
Excerpts and summaries of news stories from the former Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era and Sunday News that focus on the events in the county’s past that are noteworthy, newsworthy or just strange.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
![A piece of Lancaster's beer history was bulldozed in 1949; saving trees in 1974 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/c2/2c274726-3e1f-11ef-9f83-1bae2e24bc69/668d7e2bb6b00.image.png?crop=1214%2C683%2C0%2C66&resize=1214%2C683&order=crop%2Cresize)
![He still remembers geography class lessons, cotillions [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/a2/aa2d535c-4051-11ef-9b1b-0b9af089333f/66912de0544ef.image.jpg?crop=1164%2C655%2C0%2C562&resize=1164%2C655&order=crop%2Cresize)
!['R' is for Roman lattice, a pattern found on railings, more around Lancaster [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/b2/3b2ac638-3fc5-11ef-920b-2b82e4ec77dc/6690424487836.image.jpg?crop=584%2C329%2C0%2C207&resize=584%2C329&order=crop%2Cresize)
Search through our digital archive of Lancaster County news dating back to the 1700’s.
!['Q' is for quoin, contrasting blocks on corners of Lancaster buildings [architecture column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/ee/7ee766f2-29ee-11ef-b929-d770300cae37/666b9e91f1138.image.jpg?crop=1662%2C935%2C0%2C155&resize=1662%2C935&order=crop%2Cresize)
![A plane crashed into a house in 1924; archaeology at the Ephrata Cloister in 1999 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/36/336c4142-4920-11ef-affe-477b488c521b/669ff45c38681.image.png?crop=1218%2C685%2C0%2C76&resize=1218%2C685&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Just like public education, cellphone use also an issue in Amish, Mennonite schools [The Scribbler]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/71/9719aa2a-8650-11ed-80ff-138971a7ce77/63ab9e84da232.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C992%2C0%2C91&resize=1763%2C992&order=crop%2Cresize)
