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Category: History

Posted inHistory

Recounting Lebanon County’s brief UFO frenzy of the 1960s

Avatarby Joshua GrohApril 28, 2020April 28, 2020

In the summer of 1965, Lebanon residents reported a number of UFO sightings that spurred local interest.

Posted inPeople & Places

Former Lebanon reporter still unsettled by Palmyra slaying, 25 years after trial

Avatarby Jeff FalkApril 13, 2020April 13, 2020

During his time on the crime beat at the Lebanon Daily News, Les Stewart reported on plenty of atrocities. Covering the trial of Carolyn King and Bradley Martin, however, was an unrivaled experience.

Posted inHistory

Reflecting on the Gingrich Memorial Pool, Pt. 2: Work & play

Avatarby Joshua GrohApril 8, 2020April 8, 2020

In this two-part feature, LebTown explores the history of the Gingrich Memorial Pool, located in Coleman Memorial Park, and the people who designed it, managed it, and visited it.

Posted inHistory

Past Calling: A factory and the boys who worked there

Avatarby Lebanon County Historical SocietyMarch 27, 2020March 27, 2020

This month on Past Calling, we reveal the story of the founder of a historic AME church in the county, and take a peek inside a factory.

Posted inHistory

Reflecting on the Gingrich Memorial Pool, pt. 1: Early history & design

Avatarby Joshua GrohMarch 25, 2020March 30, 2020

In the first half of a two-part feature, LebTown examines the Gingrich Memorial Pool in the context of designer Wesley Bintz’s nationwide legacy.

Posted inHistory

How Lebanon welcomed the motorcycle fad of the early 1900s and provided riders for World War I

Avatarby Joshua GrohMarch 19, 2020March 19, 2020

In the first two decades of the twentieth century, Lebanon took part in a vehicular fad that influenced leisure, work, and war.

Posted inHistory

100 years ago, Lebanon grappled with a very different pandemic—the Spanish flu

Avatarby Joshua GrohMarch 18, 2020March 18, 2020

When the Spanish flu swept into Lebanon in October of 1918, businesses, schools, and more shut down. Here’s how we got through it then.

Posted inHistory

Past Calling: The man with the umbrella

Avatarby Lebanon County Historical SocietyFebruary 17, 2020February 17, 2020

In honor of Black History Month we are featuring an image of this popular Lebanonian from the first half of the 20th century.

Posted inHistory

Local entrepreneur uncovering history of home to some of Lebanon’s finest

Avatarby Joshua GrohJanuary 29, 2020January 29, 2020

Cumberland Street is known for its historic business district properties. But somewhat less recognizable (though no less interesting) are its distinct residential structures.

Posted inHistory

How a local florist became one of Lebanon’s first ISPs, Nothing But Net

Avatarby Jeff FalkJanuary 24, 2020January 24, 2020

Royer’s Flowers started Nothing But Net during the internet’s nascent years as a way to connect to customers.

Posted inHistory

The Mann Building has stayed true to its historic purpose as a business hub

Avatarby Joshua GrohJanuary 23, 2020January 23, 2020

For nearly 12 decades, the Mann Building has served as a business hotspot for Lebanon entrepreneurs. Here’s the history behind this historic downtown landmark.

Posted inHistory

Who was Henry Houck, the beloved ‘Apostle of Sunshine’?

Avatarby Joshua GrohDecember 18, 2019December 18, 2019

The Palmyra native whose name adorns a Lebanon elementary school was a beloved statesman and educator who began teaching at the age of 16–walking to school both ways.

Posted inHistory

The history of Lebanon’s Bologna Drop

Avatarby Emily BixlerDecember 16, 2019December 16, 2019

The annual New Year’s Eve Bologna Drop has been going on since the turn of 1998.

Posted inHistory

“Pennsylvania Alcatraz”: The maximum security prison planned for Mt. Gretna

Avatarby Joshua GrohDecember 5, 2019December 5, 2019

In the 1930s, Mt. Gretna was nearly home to a maximum security prison. Here’s how the $3 million Depression-era project fell apart.

Posted inHistory

Past Calling: Lebanon High’s 1913 football stars

Avatarby Lebanon County Historical SocietyDecember 4, 2019December 4, 2019

Revisit early 20th century Lebanon, its leatherheads and its land surveyors, in this month’s Past Calling, brought to you by LebTown and the Lebanon County Historical Society.

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