"Heart of Amishland" Golden Harvest Time Amish and Mennonite farmers harvest wheat with the old-fashioned equipment still used by members of their sects. Amishmen harvesting wheat.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania "America's Oldest Inland City" 1730. Penn Square - Civil War Monument was erected in 1874. Original City Hall built in 1795, was restored in 1924 by M. T. Garvin. Central Market House was built iin 1889. Griest building is of 1923 vintage.
Ressler Mill at Mascot. Powered by waters of the Mill Creek, Mascot Roller Mill, built in 1760 is the oldest continuously operating grist mill in U. S. Amish farmers regularly use this mill for grinding of grain and meal.
Mennonite Meeting House. Two separate Conservative Mennonite "Plain" Sects use and maintain this House of worship. Religious services are held by the groups on alternating Sunday monrings.
Mennonite Courting Buggy. Generally used by unmarried Old Order Mennonite boys, the bachelor buggy has no top or a convertible-type tilt top. Family buggies are completely enclosed by curtained sides.
"Vorspiel" - depicting the unique life of the solitary in the 18th century Ephrata Cloister - is presented regularly during summer months - at the Cloister, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.
Trinity Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, Pa. 1962 M. P. Moller Organ with oragan case from the 1774 David Tannenberg Organ. The organ case has been described as "The most magnificent American organ case to survive from the 18th century."
Lancaster County Court House, Lancaster, Pa. East King Street - business district of "America's oldest Inland City" shows Lancaster County Court House built in 1852-55, Garvin's Department Store and famous Penn Square.