![Landis Valley House Hotel was once a community hub; here's a look at its history since the 1800s [photos]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/36/a368c37a-4e49-5f09-af69-e26a99ee5494/607ec11f3776a.image.jpg?crop=800%2C600%2C0%2C33&resize=800%2C600&order=crop%2Cresize)
The historical Landis Valley House Hotel was more than just a public house — it was a community hub.
- April 22, 2021
- 40°
Yesteryear
Columnist Carol Hardbarger discusses the history of the Randall Linebacks — the dairy “breed that saved America.“
![Learning the etiquette do's and don'ts for a business lunch, circa 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/aa/4aae86b2-9bd1-11eb-9bf7-df3a73393a6b/6074bc6b5e29a.image.png?crop=544%2C306%2C6%2C28&resize=544%2C306&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.
![Elva Stauffer left her mark on Lancaster County with famous corn pie, apple dumplings [archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/09/309651d0-9ea4-11eb-9065-bb039641615e/607970bf57fdb.image.png?crop=892%2C502%2C0%2C108&resize=892%2C502&order=crop%2Cresize)
Elva Stauffer, owner of the Cloister Restaurant in Ephrata from 1973 to 2019, passed away on April 5. She was 95.
Columnist Anne Gilbert discusses Hummel figurines in this week’s Antiques Detective.
![Infamous murders of Lancaster County: The Laurie Show case was in the headlines for years [LNP archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/d/d3/dd34d17c-c6ba-11e5-a255-fbbc21689af9/56abb74e35642.image.jpg?crop=1051%2C591%2C13%2C207&resize=1051%2C591&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Four veteran brothers reunited in 1946; the Grateful Dead played F&M in 1971 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/31/b3154c46-971b-11eb-959f-6f24b3cc5098/606ccd08d5965.image.png?crop=1096%2C617%2C0%2C155&resize=1096%2C617&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Infamous murders of Lancaster County: The summer 1980 search for Evelyn Fisher [LNP archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/82/b826d5ec-d024-11ea-88d5-9fc28af50730/5f1efe2f81f34.image.png?crop=1404%2C790%2C103%2C0&resize=1404%2C790&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Local Olympic hero Barney Ewell died 25 years ago [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/ba/7ba2f02c-917d-11eb-bc6e-9b65f82b181f/60635ff9979c3.image.png?crop=528%2C297%2C0%2C109&resize=528%2C297&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Infamous murders of Lancaster County: In 1979, the Swarrs were robbed and left to die [LNP Archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/7b/47b89db0-506f-11eb-9706-533a339f6475/5ff63adbf10e2.image.png?crop=537%2C302%2C37%2C0&resize=537%2C302&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Here's what a 'futuristic' police computer system looked like circa 1971 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/3e/53e22a46-8cda-11eb-a64e-f76b71d96420/605b98424b3f4.image.png?crop=676%2C380%2C0%2C214&resize=676%2C380&order=crop%2Cresize)
Search through our digital archive of Lancaster County news dating back to the 1700’s.
![Henry Y. Shaub showcased design talent in broad range of dwelling styles [column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/3b/93b9a2c6-4e5f-11ea-9c0f-1b6b98b3512e/5e45465b87f17.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C992%2C0%2C91&resize=1763%2C992&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Remembering remarkable times in West Lampeter in the 1940s [I Know a Story column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/40/740ecaa4-8e56-11eb-b938-87cd140a3b7c/605e1655244a1.image.jpg?crop=1344%2C756%2C0%2C393&resize=1344%2C756&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Landis Valley House Hotel was once a community hub; here's a look at its history since the 1800s [photos]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/36/a368c37a-4e49-5f09-af69-e26a99ee5494/607ec11f3776a.image.jpg?crop=800%2C450%2C0%2C108&resize=800%2C450&order=crop%2Cresize)
![A day to celebrate newspaper columnists, serious and silly [The Scribbler]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/e4/2e46707e-9e34-11eb-9086-bb4c9d52ad48/6078b48edfaf7.image.jpg?crop=960%2C540%2C0%2C43&resize=960%2C540&order=crop%2Cresize)
