Quarryville
by Mike Roth and Stanley T. White, copyright 2014
Do you recognize the Hensel Hardware store on the cover?
Have you heard of the Hotel Quarryville, Washington House or Hildebrand Hotel?
The histories of these and many other early Quarryville businesses and families have been collected into the biggest history book a little town ever had, featuring 920 pictures, maps and long forgotten advertisements.
Enjoy learning about the families that came to farm, found limestone and burned it for fertilizer. See how that process led to small village and how the railroads and trolleys turned that village into a bustling town.
This is hardcover, 9”x 12” beautifully illustrated book contains 552 pages. Full color printing throughout gives rich tones to every picture.
- Find your ancestors in the comprehensive index.
- Explore the history of the three railroads and the trolley line that served the borough of Quarryville. (Columbia & Reading Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad, Conestoga Traction Company)
- Follow the changes in various businesses, as the community’s needs altered throughout the years.
- Browse through and compare early photographs with modern images, or marvel at the images that have never before been shared publicly.
- Learn of the devastating fires that swept away entire sections of the early town.