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“The Greatest Highway to the West”: Photographer William H. Rau Documents the Pennsylvania Railroad
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On the Trail of History
Fall 1996
Fall 1996
On the Cover:
Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County was home to a monastic communal society founded by Conrad Beissel (1691-1768), a charismatic religious leader whose followers inhabited these unusual medieval-style buildings. (PHMC/Photo by Craig A. Benner)
Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County was home to a monastic communal society founded by Conrad Beissel (1691-1768), a charismatic religious leader whose followers inhabited these unusual medieval-style buildings. (PHMC/Photo by Craig A. Benner)