![The Host expands, the Hoffman building burns, and the term 'soccer mom' debuts [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/f6/1f69a9ea-31d7-11ec-9def-6b9ccdff6135/617065d79dc49.image.png?crop=1123%2C842%2C123%2C0&resize=1123%2C842&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.
Yesteryear
![1984 shooting at Park City pizza shop left one dead, several wounded [From the archives]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/53/b534f9f2-304c-11ec-8225-4bd121fc1e0e/616dd01fb75ec.image.png?crop=1168%2C657%2C0%2C70&resize=1168%2C657&order=crop%2Cresize)
Shoppers and employees at Park City Center were stunned and shocked by a shooting on Sunday that left four people injured.
![A bus crash, an earthquake, and a man declared dead by mistake [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/68/668bef48-2b9e-11ec-8c35-53c302534285/6165f5d7c1855.image.png?crop=1148%2C646%2C0%2C112&resize=1148%2C646&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 County Halloween traditions included a possum feast: check out the LNP archives [photos]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/b5/eb5234d2-f9c1-11e9-bbdd-9b9a738f89a0/5db750205743d.image.jpg?crop=868%2C488%2C0%2C163&resize=868%2C488&order=crop%2Cresize)
Take a look back through Lancaster County's Halloween history.
![Sphinxes, other Egyptian Revival features found in Lancaster County cemetery, school [architecture column, photos]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/98/398c2a84-2c9e-11ec-8ec6-cf46b092d58f/6167a2e65a01f.image.jpg?crop=1662%2C935%2C0%2C155&resize=1662%2C935&order=crop%2Cresize)
LANCASTER IN STYLE, PART 19: EGYPTIAN REVIVAL, 1880-1930
![A new bottled water plant in 1996; new technology in 1946; new fish in 1921 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/4a/94a51d12-2786-11ec-9581-ab8578e9caf3/615f188092a35.image.png?crop=1080%2C608%2C0%2C122&resize=1080%2C608&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Dr. Lori: What’s cooking in collectibles for bakers? Cookbooks, cookie jars [Antiques column]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/07/c07ce9ee-276b-11ec-b3e3-d78bbc7c69cf/615eeb24bf6ff.image.jpg?crop=972%2C547%2C18%2C328&resize=972%2C547&order=crop%2Cresize)
![100-year-old Lititz clock is made up of 50,000 pieces, 20 species of wood [photos]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/d7/0d7c0afa-2617-11ec-bc62-63b1fbfd48dd/615cf52db09cf.preview.jpg?crop=1763%2C992%2C0%2C91&resize=1763%2C992&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Nationally renowned actress 'Mrs. Fiske' came to the Fulton stage in 1921 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/de/cde1a4e0-2080-11ec-9169-af8a41eaa930/61534f945a446.image.png?crop=642%2C361%2C0%2C238&resize=642%2C361&order=crop%2Cresize)
Search through our digital archive of Lancaster County news dating back to the 1700’s.
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![The Host expands, the Hoffman building burns, and the term 'soccer mom' debuts [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/f6/1f69a9ea-31d7-11ec-9def-6b9ccdff6135/617065d79dc49.image.png?crop=1370%2C771%2C0%2C35&resize=1370%2C771&order=crop%2Cresize)
![Whence the old brick farmhouse in Lancaster County Central Park? [The Scribbler]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/95/c9505e28-2c4a-11ec-bcb6-b7087f275da0/616b0a662f9a3.image.jpg?crop=1768%2C995%2C0%2C88&resize=1768%2C995&order=crop%2Cresize)
