Jed Reinert is part of the digital team at LNP | LancasterOnline. He writes about Lancaster County history and nostalgia, and can be reached at jreinert@lnpnews.com.
About Jed Reinert
![New helicopters arrived in 1971, kids offered Thanksgiving cooking tips in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/40/84027f50-4d3c-11ec-b216-07215759bf4b/619e5c5cefdad.image.png?crop=870%2C489%2C0%2C153&resize=870%2C489&order=crop%2Cresize)
New helicopters arrived in 1971, kids offered Thanksgiving cooking tips in 1996 [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.
![Lancaster's Christmas parade featured big balloon characters in 1946 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/7b/37b3a574-4702-11ec-9099-83a62132c102/6193e9932a7fa.image.png?crop=1454%2C818%2C39%2C0&resize=1454%2C818&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.
![Local tobacco growers started making cigars in Lancaster in 1946 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/e2/5e2c01bc-425a-11ec-a29a-8f801b46ece7/618c1a277a094.image.png?crop=692%2C389%2C0%2C292&resize=692%2C389&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 1996, a pet wolf named Sage caused a stir in West Cocalico [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/d3/4d3cd030-3c0a-11ec-a4f4-0f843e6ec9e5/618182ac76a1d.image.png?crop=968%2C545%2C0%2C104&resize=968%2C545&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 freight train derailed in 1921; an iconic restaurant closed in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/e7/0e7baf8a-3668-11ec-b51f-bfa540640ef5/61780efce0804.image.png?crop=1218%2C685%2C0%2C37&resize=1218%2C685&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.
Editor's note: This story was originally published on May 26, 2021.
![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)
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.
![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.
It's that lovely time of year again.
![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)
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.
![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)
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.
