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![Overnight hours at the farm show in 1999; 'flying mail man' ends service in 1949 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/44/e44c56ce-af32-11ee-aa83-6b569db60858/659db538cfe92.image.png?crop=1304%2C734%2C0%2C52&resize=1304%2C734&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.
If you’re a fan of American history, and want to broaden your knowledge base, LancasterHistory has an extensive slate of programs planned from late January through late May.
![Year-round Daylight Saving time in 1974; a slum was demolished in 1949 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/af/1af7734e-b06a-11ec-9e26-bffb1cb35964/6244c106ada6c.image.png?crop=1461%2C822%2C124%2C0&resize=1461%2C822&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.
![A child locked her mom out of the house in 1948; a festive New Year's in 1923 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/f8/cf870610-9f7b-11ee-b571-630f43df0b44/6583579ca14a5.image.png?crop=723%2C407%2C2%2C34&resize=723%2C407&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.
![A gingerbread Route 30 diorama in 1998; a white Christmas in 1948 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/d3/0d3c7062-9eaa-11ee-914f-838df36d21e4/6581f7b1d6533.image.png?crop=1476%2C830%2C0%2C27&resize=1476%2C830&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.
![Sleighs, cars and even trains once crossed the frozen Susquehanna [from the archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/89/a895c996-b481-11ed-bf9b-2be278b0dfa5/63f91f01a5c4e.image.png?crop=1387%2C780%2C59%2C0&resize=1387%2C780&order=crop%2Cresize)
Editor's note: Originally published in March 2023.
![First big snow in two years in 1973; Miss Philadelphia sold newspapers in 1923 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/08/40880a84-9924-11ee-a262-53753b29cbf2/6578b3bb89059.image.png?crop=1030%2C579%2C0%2C132&resize=1030%2C579&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.
The Black community in Lancaster produced many talented musicians decades ago — some of whom went on to perform in prestigious venues, make popular recordings and appear on television.
![A covered bridge was rebuilt in 1973; amateur safecrackers in 1923 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/b4/6b4f72bc-93a1-11ee-8f6a-0715559f4c1f/656f74dd86b8a.image.png?crop=1184%2C666%2C0%2C20&resize=1184%2C666&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.
In 1728, as a group of residents in the western part of Chester County sought to create a more locally administered county, their petition to the authorities mentioned that “thieves, vagabonds and ill people — boldly infest our parts (Counting themselves beyond the Reach of Law).”
Editor's note: Originally published in August 2023.
Editor's note: originally published on Dec. 5, 2021.
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