![Elizabethtown got a multiplex in 1999; a plan to hike around the world in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/89/f892cf6c-071d-11ef-9d6c-038c64e11c05/663135d5b9abc.image.png?crop=964%2C542%2C0%2C25&resize=964%2C542&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.
- May 8, 2024
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![Grabbing Woolworth's souvenirs in 1949; school dress code fracas in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/1b/b1b088b8-fdc8-11ee-bf96-5f4ba34af799/66218d4b24d71.image.png?crop=540%2C304%2C213%2C90&resize=540%2C304&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 1999, a city barber retired after 49 years; TWA service started here in 1949 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/e1/fe1aff06-fc2b-11ee-8bf9-339656bacc77/661ed8e532469.image.png?crop=1054%2C593%2C0%2C94&resize=1054%2C593&order=crop%2Cresize)
In 1999, a city barber retired after 49 years; TWA service started here in 1949 [Lancaster That Was]
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.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect estimate as to the planned opening date of the Stevens-Smith Center. LancasterHistory is planning for an opening sometime in 2025.
![Prepping your VCR for Y2K; traveling nearly 200 miles on roller skates in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/8b/28b1f904-f6a0-11ee-aa9f-d37042fdbdd3/66158acf4a12d.image.png?crop=1060%2C596%2C169%2C0&resize=1060%2C596&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.
![Odd recipes, a train robbery and an interview with a bug [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2b/62b0ebe4-f126-11ee-897d-9f59cf023b66/660c5b30ae80e.image.png?crop=672%2C378%2C0%2C200&resize=672%2C378&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.
Originally published April 14, 2014.
![Michael Jackson (not that one) visited in '99; 'Rose Bowl bandits' nabbed in '24 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/61/e613e78c-eb97-11ee-9fc8-d7bb2d01ac8f/660308bd11075.image.png?crop=533%2C300%2C7%2C76&resize=533%2C300&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.
![Lancaster Catholic girls took state basketball title in 1974 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/57/3573d8d2-e620-11ee-ba9c-fb4173d57d62/65f9dc327f217.image.png?crop=830%2C467%2C0%2C168&resize=830%2C467&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.
![Art Linkletter visited Elizabethtown in 1974; rum-runners arrested in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/14/d147eeea-e08c-11ee-85f1-0f97e9930cbe/65f081abaa6e3.preview.png?crop=722%2C406%2C0%2C70&resize=722%2C406&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 400-year-old atlas auctioned in Lititz in 1999; an icy misadventure in 1924 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/9d/d9d06ed4-da6f-11ee-bde6-bb559c70d921/65e63fda895d4.image.png?crop=1236%2C695%2C0%2C101&resize=1236%2C695&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 rise, fall and rise again of community gardens; the first driving tests [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/94/3940e44a-d5b4-11ee-b0d9-f791951378b5/65de4f149dd1c.image.png?crop=684%2C385%2C5%2C157&resize=684%2C385&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.
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