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Ephrata is located in northeastern Lancaster County, Pennsylvania at 40°10′51″N 76°10′57″W (40.17870, −76.17744). [8] U.S. Route 322 passes through the center of the borough as Main Street; it leads northwest 28 miles (45 km) to Hershey and southeast 35 miles (56 km) to West Chester.
November 8, 2006. Ephrata Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 36 contributing buildings in the central business district of Ephrata. It has notable examples of the Queen Anne and Italianate architectural styles and buildings designed by noted ...
Ephrata Cloister. The Ephrata Cloister or Ephrata Community was a religious community, established in 1732 by Johann Conrad Beissel at Ephrata, in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The grounds of the community are now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and are administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission .
Martyrs Mirror or The Bloody Theater, first published in Holland in 1660 in Dutch by Thieleman J. van Braght, documents the stories and testimonies of Christian martyrs, especially Anabaptists. The full title of the book is The Bloody Theater or Martyrs Mirror of the Defenseless Christians who baptized only upon confession of faith, and who ...
April 1, 2024 at 3:52 PM. Apr. 1—EPHRATA — Eight public officials and figures from Ephrata gathered onstage at the Ephrata High School Performing Arts Center on Thursday evening for the We Are ...
In 1922, what is now known as the Ephrata Fair was officially called the Ephrata Farmer ’s Day Fair. In the 1920s, the celebration was extended to three days and welcomed the addition of a Mummers Parade . The Ephrata Farmer ’s Day Fair was held in October from the year of its conception to the 1940s. After that time, the event was ...
NCW Libraries is an inter-county rural library district in northern Washington state. It was founded as the North Central Regional Library ( NCRL) in 1960 and is headquartered in Wenatchee, Washington. NCW Libraries provides library services to 14,947-square-mile (38,710 km 2) of the state, including Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, Grant, and Okanogan ...
Show comments. May 21—EPHRATA — A 10-acre wildfire started Monday evening after an unsupervised burn barrel spread to nearby vegetation in the area of Naylor Junction, southwest of Ephrata ...