25 times before
By , July 21, 1999, the efforts to bring the , Rocky Springs , gondola up to Lancaster had seen some achievement.
The recently formed , Rocky Springs Carousel Association  , had just secured a lease/purchase partnership to deliver the slider up to Lancaster from its most recent house at , Dollywood , in , Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Second, they had to figure out how to pay for it.
About$ 1.3 million needed to be raised, and at a common gathering of the gondola relationship, many techniques were discussed.
Among them were some very clear items, such as hiring a professional fund-raiser to arrange the efforts, and some more unconventional options, like raffling off a full-size gondola horses, or selling a series of collectable small gondola figurines.
Even needing the team’s attention was the problem of where to store the slider — which, when disassembled, filled three tractor-trailers — and finally, where to place it in , Lancaster.
None of those inquiries had any quick responses.
50 years ago
On , July 20, 1974, a speeding motorist did quite a bit of injury in a high-speed work along , Fruitville Pike.
A 36-year-old Lancaster capital man was speeding northeast on , Fruitville Pike , when he tried to pass a pickup truck in a no-passing area. He ended up sideswiping the vehicle before veering off into a niche.
He traveled for about 900 feet through a field before smashing through a pair of wooden gates, bouncing across lawns, and eventually smashing through a garage’s brick wall, fully destroying both his own vehicle and the door creating in the process.
Total damage for the high-speed caper was estimated at more than$ 6, 000 — or about$ 40, 000 today.
75 years previously
Washington Boro , was the site of an archaeological drill in , July 1949, as a team under the guidance of the , Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission  , was digging for Native American relics.
It was the state’s second investigation into the background of , Pennsylvania ‘s , indigenous groups in nearly two decades, and the drill was yielding many objects.
A “midden,” or hesitate pit, where the local Susquehannock people disposed of everything from broken pots to outdated tools was being excavated by archaeologists.
In the first week of the job, they had unearthed hundreds of pieces — typically porcelain, but even stone and metal blades, items of fabricated metal, arrowheads, beads and other apparel.
The excavation was scheduled to last another one to two months.
100 decades ago
In the summer of 1924, a group of Lancaster kids were trying out the soldier’s living at , Camp Meade , near , Middletown, as part of the , Citizen’s Defense Training Camp.
The boys were subject to an extreme regimen of military-style career, including a , 4: 45 a. m.  , bugle call, followed by brunch and inspection, then a whole day of drills and training — from formation maneuvers to pin practice with rifles.
In the evening, the boys got a two-hour crack, during which they could get swimming, play sports, read letters home or simply relax in the camp.
The dreaded K. P., or house work, in which they waged war against unpeeled onions and ugly pots and pans, was also a part of the less-appealing aspects of martial life for the would-be men.
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