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Written by James McMahon, Ph.D. “… no man stands higher in business and social circles in the city of Lancaster than this man, who has been crowned with success.” Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1894 Milton Snavely Hershey, the man behind the chocolate bar, was in many ways a son of Lancaster. […]
Read MoreIn 1882, Abe Buzzard and seven other prisoners tunneled in to the Lancaster County Prison’s chicken coop to make their escape.