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
![The Village nightclub re-opened in 1971 - with a psychedelic light show [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/6c/56c3d992-ee52-11eb-b7b3-b71acd8670a2/60ff1ec98321a.image.png?crop=970%2C546%2C0%2C148&resize=970%2C546&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.
![Landmark for cheese lovers closed in 1996; Hitler car at Park City in 1971 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/f2/1f220fd4-e990-11eb-9c08-1b07d79b5d9e/60f722f52df7b.image.png?crop=1160%2C653%2C0%2C61&resize=1160%2C653&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.
![Amish-born airline pilot Gideon Miller died on TWA Flight 800 in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/c8/2c87b150-e414-11eb-b389-675f41ca0a4e/60edef863dcb1.image.png?crop=880%2C495%2C0%2C119&resize=880%2C495&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.
![Lake at Long's Park needed a cleanup in 1971; Walmart arrived in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/2f/c2f346de-e01a-11eb-827d-33b46f3c7844/60e74496e724f.image.png?crop=1060%2C596%2C0%2C102&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.
![Elizabethtown mourned a mother and daughters killed in a fire in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/4/81/481024b4-d9bc-11eb-af01-03ac5e7fe27a/60dc95191bda1.image.png?crop=1230%2C692%2C0%2C43&resize=1230%2C692&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.
![Creation music festival came back (almost) to Lancaster County in 1996 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/70/87031a8a-d38d-11eb-9094-73f40b2fdd8c/60d235ad61cf2.image.png?crop=1206%2C678%2C0%2C17&resize=1206%2C678&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.
![Wonderland Cinema expanded in 1971; Joe Louis fight on television in 1946 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/c/0b/c0b8a5c4-ce06-11eb-b512-2367167e0ade/60c8f07f08db6.image.png?crop=818%2C460%2C293%2C0&resize=818%2C460&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.
![Landis Valley expanded in 1971, the 100 block of N. Queen St. burned in 1946 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/5/a8/5a8de930-c889-11eb-8dad-6b28423055a8/60bfbe10eb262.image.png?crop=1068%2C601%2C0%2C29&resize=1068%2C601&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.
![Interior design circa 1971, a local baseball victory and a speech that wasn't [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/c0/7c0bfef4-c3bf-11eb-95e2-9f3b397c1436/60b7b18b3a1f0.image.png?crop=1076%2C605%2C0%2C152&resize=1076%2C605&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.
![This Lancaster County couple converted a tour bus to a mobile home in 1971 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/de/adef698c-c0e1-11eb-871a-cfb6ea75af2a/60b2e26c51f8a.image.png?crop=1269%2C714%2C33%2C0&resize=1269%2C714&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 venerable Stockyard Inn, one of Lancaster County's oldest dining establishments, will soon be closing at its longtime location along Lititz Pike just north of Lancaster city.
![Hersheypark's Wildcat opened in 1996; Millersville Pike tolls ended in 1921 [Lancaster That Was]](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/lancasteronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/0e/90edd3ae-b74b-11eb-b41b-e79bf0edc1c6/60a2cd5b84f48.image.png?crop=670%2C377%2C0%2C293&resize=670%2C377&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.
