CLOSED OCTOBER 13 | All operations of LancasterHistory will be closed to the public on Monday, October 13, 2025. We will resume regular business hours on Tuesday, October 14. Thank you!
Open Mon – Sat, 9:30am – 5pm | Wheatland Tours 10am – 3pm
Please share your question below for the speaker, Amanda Frost, for the “Dred Scott’s Daughter” lecture on October 23, 2025.
Questions will be screened and select questions will be posed during the lecture. Please note that LancasterHistory’s Code of Conduct prohibits discriminatory or harassing behavior, speech, or actions.
The nickname for the long cigars, “stogies,” came from the Conestoga Wagons which originated in Lancaster County.