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Solanco Historical Society serves the southern end of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, including Quarryville Borough and Bart, Colerain, Drumore, East Drumore, Eden, Fulton, Little Britain, Providence and Sadsbury Townships. We welcome any information and inquiries pertaining to Southern Lancaster County.Current Office and Research Hours: 9:00 A.M. to noon every Wednesday throughout the year. The office and archives are also open from September to May on the 2nd and 4th Saturday mornings of those months.
Interested in becoming a membership of Solanco Historical Society? This Society welcomes anyone interested in learning more about the "Southern End" of Lancaster County and surrounding areas. See "About Us - Membership" for an application form and dues amounts.
Join Us - On the 3rd Saturday of most months, Solanco Historical Society offers a free historical program at 1:30 P.M. at its headquarters meeting room. Located at 1932 Robert Fulton Highway across from the Robert Fulton Birthplace, the brick archives warehouse is 6-1/2 miles south of Quarryville near Swift Road in Fulton Township. The programs are open to the public and the facility is handicapped-accessible. For more details on programs, speakers and our full list of events, click on the "Upcoming Events" section at the top of this page. Our next program will be on Saturday, August 19th, 1:30 P.M. - "John Wise, Balloonist" by Dr. Robert Frick.
Civil War Living History Encampment
Many thanks to the participants in this year's encampment - the very knowledgeable Civil War reenactors of the 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry/59th Regiment Volunteers, Co. D: President Abraham Lincoln, his aide, the Union generals, the Confederate officers, and all of the women and young participants; the artillery demonstrators; the Venture Crew 1861’s dancers; the fiddlers and musicians; blacksmith Charles Bard; antique firearms collector Dick Risk; and author/Civil War historian Bruce Mowday. Special thanks to organizers Joel Moore and Jonathan Welch, and to the Reverend Bill Netting for the Sunday worship service that he led. All of these individuals brought us back in time to the 1860's and the tension and then reconciliation that occurred in that period of our country's history.
"Thank you" also goes to our local newspapers for their coverage of this event: LNP Lancaster, the Southern Lancaster County Chronicle, and The Advertiser, as well as television station WGAL.
And of course we thank all those who attended this year's event. We're glad you came and hope to see you next year as we grow to an even bigger and better event. Mark your calendar for the last weekend in June 2018.
