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The First National Bank of Columbia
Season 1 Episode 64
In this episode, we explore the First National Bank of Columbia, Pennsylvania, a remarkable building that began as an 1814 Federal-style mansion, evo…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Columbia: The Capital That Almost Was
Season 1 Episode 63
In this episode, we explore the remarkable story of how Columbia, Pennsylvania, came within a single vote of becoming the permanent capital of the Un…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Inside the History of Lancaster County Prison (1729-1978)
Season 1 Episode 62
In this episode, we explore the remarkable history of the Lancaster County Prison, tracing its evolution from a crude frontier log jail in 1729 to th…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Good Shepherd Fireplace: Lancaster’s Hidden Mercer Masterpiece
Season 1 Episode 61
In this episode, we explore the Good Shepherd Fireplace at Lancaster Theological Seminary, an extraordinary work of art hidden in the basement of Ric…
2 months ago
Theodore Burr’s Doomed Bridge Across the Susquehanna
Season 1 Episode 60
In this episode, we explore the extraordinary story of Theodore Burr’s 1815 bridge at McCall’s Ferry, a wooden engineering marvel that attempted to s…
2 months ago
The Robbery That Erased Marietta's Debt
Season 1 Episode 59
In this episode, we explore the strange collapse of Marietta’s early boom economy and the mystery of the 1823 robbery at the Marietta and Susquehanna…
2 months, 1 week ago
The Hessian Ditch at Elizabeth Furnace
Season 1 Episode 58
In this episode, we explore the Hessian Ditch at Elizabeth Furnace in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a remarkable hand-dug canal carved through ston…
2 months, 1 week ago
June 28, 1863: Burning of the Columbia–Wrightsville Covered Bridge
Season 1 Episode 57
On June 28, 1863, Lancaster County was saved by fire.
The Columbia–Wrightsville Covered Bridge—once the longest covered bridge in the world—spanned th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
How Iroquois Diplomacy Shaped the US Constitution
Season 1 Episode 56
In this episode, we step into the sweltering summer of 1744, when the small frontier town of Lancaster, Pennsylvania became the setting for one of th…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Rise and Fall of the Conestoga Navigation Company
Season 1 Episode 55
In this episode, we explore the rise and collapse of the Conestoga Navigation Company, the ambitious 19th-century effort to turn the shallow Conestog…
2 months, 3 weeks ago