87-452: The Ulster American Folk Park is an open-air museum just outside Omagh , in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . With more than 30 exhibit buildings to explore, the museum tells the story of three centuries of Irish emigration. Using costumed guides and displays of traditional crafts, the museum focuses on those who left Ulster for America in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The museum
174-603: A Not Guilty . Among the five defense lawyers, recruited by the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society , was U.S. Congressman Thaddeus Stevens , who had practiced law in Lancaster County since at least 1838. The oldest surviving dwelling of European settlers in the county is that of Mennonite Bishop Hans Herr , built in 1719. In 1989, Donald Kraybill counted 37 distinct religious bodies/organizations, with 289 congregations and 41,600 baptized members, among
261-653: A personal liberty law in 1847 that made it difficult for southerners to recover any enslaved persons who made their way into Pennsylvania. Lying just north of the Mason-Dixon line and bordered by the Susquehanna River , which had been a traditional route from the Chesapeake Bay watershed into the heart of what became Pennsylvania, Lancaster County was a significant destination of the Underground Railroad in
348-607: A province in the north of Ireland; Manheim was German, Lebanon came from the Bible, a basis of all the European cultures; and Earl was a translation of the German surname of Graf or Groff. Lancaster County's native son James Buchanan , a Democrat , was elected as the 15th President of the United States in 1856, the first Pennsylvania native to hold the presidency. His home Wheatland
435-486: A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was widely felt in the Susquehanna Valley but caused no damage to structures. The bog turtle was first discovered and identified in Lancaster County by botanist Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg , who discovered the turtle species while surveying the area's flora . The species was named Muhlenberg's tortoise in 1801, but renamed bog turtle, its present common name , in 1956. As of
522-599: A bank, an old police barracks, the old Castletown National School, and two churches. Central to this region is the boyhood home of Thomas Mellon , judge and founder of the Pittsburgh banking dynasty. Some of the two-up, two-down houses in one of the reconstructed streets in the park were transported, in their entirety, from Sandy Row , off the Donegall Road in Belfast , and other buildings have been transported from elsewhere in
609-537: A compromise in 1733, but Cresap ignored it and continued his raids. A deputy was sent to arrest him in 1734, and Cresap killed him at the door. The Pennsylvania governor demanded that Maryland arrest Cresap for murder; the Maryland governor instead commissioned him as a captain in the militia . In 1736, Cresap was finally arrested; he was jailed until 1737 when the King intervened. In 1750, a court decided that, by failing to develop
696-479: A further 4.97% of the population spoke Spanish. 39.8% were of German, 11.8% United States or American, 7.2% Irish and 5.7% English ancestry. Lancaster County Anabaptist community founded in c. 1760, has the world's largest Amish settlement, with 37,000 people in 220 church districts in 2017, or about 7% of the county's population. By 2021 the Amish population increased to almost 42,000. The Lancaster Amish affiliation
783-697: A lively programme of events and exhibitions that connect to their collections. The museum has also hosted many international exhibitions in recent years including Fighting Irishmen from the Irish Arts Center in New York which showcased the influence of Irish emigrants in the sport of boxing, and Warriors of the Plains from the British Museum , which explored the Indigenous peoples of North America . Special events mark
870-571: A neutral venue. Omagh no longer has a top-flight local football team, since the demise of Omagh Town F.C. in 2005. Strathroy Harps FC are the only Omagh and Tyrone team to win the Irish junior cup twice in 2012 and 2013. Omagh's rugby team, Omagh Academicals (nicknamed the "Accies"), is an amateur team, made up of primarily of local players. Omagh Cavaliers Cricket Club located in Omagh. A greyhound racing track operated from 1932 until 1940. The track
957-557: A rare ecosystem where toxic metals in the soil inhibit plant growth, resulting in the formation of natural grassland and savanna . These barrens include the New Texas Serpentine Barrens, privately owned land managed by The Nature Conservancy , and Rock Springs Nature Preserve, a publicly accessible preserve with hiking trails owned and managed by the Lancaster County Conservancy . Lancaster County leads
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#17328581786221044-719: A stop at the 1720s Fulton stone house, painstakingly dismantled in Lancaster County , Pennsylvania, and rebuilt here. Other original frontier houses in the park include an Appalachian log house from Washington county , Pennsylvania, the 1830 West Virginia home of Richard McCallister, removed from Cabell county , and a brick plantation house built by Francis Rogan in the early 19th century near Nashville , Tennessee. [REDACTED] Media related to Ulster American Folk Park at Wikimedia Commons Omagh Omagh ( / ˈ oʊ m ə , ˈ oʊ m ɑː / ; from Irish : An Ómaigh [ənˠ ˈoːmˠiː] , meaning 'the virgin plain')
1131-662: A £4.5 million facelift for Omagh's riverbank, was funded by the European Union and planning approved in 2013. Construction for the project began in March 2014, and the OASIS plaza was officially opened in June 2015. Neither the town nor the district of Omagh currently has any railway service. The Irish gauge 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in ) Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) opened as far as Omagh on 3 September 1852 and
1218-528: Is " Cfb " (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). These wards are only those that cover the town. The central urban area south of River Strule forms the townland of Omagh in the civil parish of Drumragh , the adjacent area north of the river forms the townland of Lisnamllard in the civil parish of Cappagh (Upper Strabane portion) . Both civil parishes comprise also outskirts of Omagh and some surrounding countryside. Omagh Urban Electoral Division comprises both townlands. The town sprang up within
1305-568: Is a small unnamed tributary of the West Branch of Brandywine Creek that rises in eastern Salisbury Township and is part of the Delaware River watershed). The major streams in the county (with percent area drained) are: Conestoga River and Little Conestoga Creek (31.42%); Pequea Creek (15.02%); Chiques Creek (or Chickies Creek , 12.07%); Cocalico Creek (11.25%); Octoraro Creek (10.74%); and Conowingo Creek (3.73%). Lancaster County
1392-483: Is an anglicisation of the Irish name an Óghmaigh (modern Irish an Ómaigh ), meaning "the virgin plain". A monastery was apparently established on the site of the town about 792, and a Franciscan friary was founded in 1464. Omagh was founded as a town in 1610. It served as a refuge for fugitives from the east of County Tyrone during the 1641 Rebellion . In 1689, James II arrived at Omagh, en route to Derry . Supporters of William III , Prince of Orange, later burned
1479-513: Is an example of urban renewal in Omagh town centre: a modern civic building, in a newly created public space reclaimed from the formerly disused area, between the River Strule and High Street. Omagh has over 20 playgrounds for children, and a large amount of green open area for all the public. The largest of these is the Grange Park , located near the town centre. Many areas around the meanders of
1566-1094: Is home to Susquehannock State Park , located on 224 acres (91 ha) overlooking the Susquehanna River in Drumore Township . One of the three tracts comprising William Penn State Forest , the 10-acre (4.0 ha) Cornwall fire tower site, is located in northern Penn Township near the Lebanon County border. The site, with its 1923 fire tower, was acquired by the state in January 1935. There are six Pennsylvania State Game Lands for hunting , trapping , and fishing located in Lancaster County. They are numbers (with location and area): 46 (near Hopeland , 5,035 acres (2,038 ha)), 52 (near Morgantown, 1,447 acres (586 ha)), 136 (near Kirkwood, 91 acres (37 ha)), 156 (near Poplar Grove, 4,537 acres (1,836 ha)), 220 (near Reinholds, 96 acres (39 ha)), and 288 (near Martic Forge, 89 acres (36 ha)). The county's southern portion has some protected serpentine barrens ,
1653-665: Is now operated as a house museum in Lancaster. Thaddeus Stevens , the noted Radical Republican , represented Lancaster County in the United States House of Representatives from 1849 to 1853 and from 1859 until his death in 1868. Stevens left a $ 50,000 (~$ 1,000,000 in 2023) bequest to establish an orphanage. This property eventually was developed as the state-owned Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology . Stevens and Buchanan were both buried in Lancaster. Pennsylvania passed its gradual abolition law in 1780. The law, which freed
1740-804: Is one of the earliest educational institutions in continuous operation in the United States. In addition to the Ephrata Cloister , the United Brethren in Christ and the Evangelical United Brethren (EUB) trace their beginnings to a 1767 meeting at the Isaac Long barn, near the hamlet of Oregon, in West Lampeter Township . The EUB, a German Methodist church, merged in 1968 with the traditionally English Methodist Episcopal Church to become
1827-621: Is part of National Museums Northern Ireland . Within the museum there are many restored, original buildings with connections to local families. The park was developed around the Mellon House , the birthplace of Irish-American banker and lawyer Thomas Mellon , founding father of the Mellon banking dynasty . This house and its outbuildings remain in their original location. Visitors can taste samples of traditional Irish and pioneer American foods including freshly baked soda bread and pumpkin pie all made on
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#17328581786221914-559: Is relatively liberal concerning the use of technologies compared to other Amish affiliations. Historically speaking, the Amish population in 1970 numbered only about 7,000; that climbed to about 12,400 by 1990 and 16,900 by 2000. It has doubled since then. Lancaster also hosts other Plain Anabaptist groups. As of 2000, there are about 3,000 Old Order Mennonites of the Groffdale Conference who drive black top buggies instead of
2001-542: Is the 104th most populous metropolitan statistical area as of the 2020 census and the 102nd most populous primary statistical area in the United States as of the 2010 census. Lancaster County was the home of the final pre- American Civil War U.S. President, James Buchanan, a Democrat. Since the Civil War, however, Lancaster County has been a Republican stronghold. The GOP controls the vast majority of county and municipal elected offices in Lancaster County. Specifically,
2088-460: Is the county town of County Tyrone , Northern Ireland. It is situated where the rivers Drumragh and Camowen meet to form the Strule . Northern Ireland's capital city, Belfast , is 68 miles (109.5 km) to the east of Omagh, and Derry is 34 miles (55 km) to the north. The town had a population of 20,458 at the 2021 Census . At the time of 2011 Census the former district council , which
2175-581: Is the home of Tyrone GAA and the county's largest and main sports stadium located on the Gortin Road, has a capacity nearing 25,000, and had the distinction of being the first Gaelic-games stadium in Ulster to have floodlights. The stadium now hosts the latter matches of the Tyrone Senior Football Championship , as well as Tyrone's home games, and other inter-county matches that require
2262-473: Is water. Most of the county has a hot-summer humid continental climate ( Dfa ) and the hardiness zones are 6b and 7a. The most recent temperature averages show areas along the Susquehanna River and in the lower Conestoga Valley to have a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa .) Almost all of Lancaster County is in the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin , via the Susquehanna River watershed (the exception
2349-566: The Education Authority in 2015. Primary schools (elementary schools) Grammar/secondary school Colleges/universities The Department for Education proposed to co-locate Omagh's six existing secondary schools on the former 190-acre St Lucia Army Barracks , as one large shared educational campus. In April 2009, at the inaugural Lisanelly Shared Educational Campus Steering Group meeting held in Arvalee School and Resource Centre,
2436-814: The Iroquoian -speaking Susquehannock , whose name was derived from the Lenape term for "Oyster River People". (The Lenape spoke an Algonquian language.) The English called them the Conestoga , after the name of their principal village, Gan'ochs'a'go'jat'ga ("Roof-place" or "town"), anglicized as "Conestoga." Other places occupied by the Susquehannock were Ka'ot'sch'ie'ra ("Place-crawfish"), where present-day Chickisalunga developed, and Gasch'guch'sa ("Great-fall-in-river"), now called Conewago Falls, Lancaster County. Other Native tribes, as well as early European settlers, considered
2523-759: The Lancaster, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area . With a population of 552,984 as of the 2020 U.S. census , the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area is the sixth most populous metropolitan area in Pennsylvania , after the Delaware Valley , Greater Pittsburgh , the Lehigh Valley , the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area , and the Wyoming Valley . On a national level, the Lancaster, PA metropolitan area
2610-710: The Reformed Mennonite Church who have retained the most conservative form of Plain dress of all Plain groups. There are 74 members of the Old German Baptist Brethren in Lancaster County. Some County residents speak with a Pennsylvania Dutch-influenced dialect. This is most common in the Lancaster, Lebanon, York, and Harrisburg areas, and incorporates influences from the Pennsylvania Dutch in dialect and in nomenclature. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has designated Lancaster County as
2697-492: The Scotch-Irish in the colonies). The area that became Lancaster County was part of William Penn 's 1681 charter. John Kennerly received the first recorded deed from Penn in 1691. Although Matthias Kreider was said to have been in the area as early as 1691, there is no evidence that any Europeans settled in Lancaster County before 1710. Lancaster County was part of Chester County, Pennsylvania , until May 10, 1729, when it
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2784-536: The United Methodist Church . The first Jewish resident was Isaac Miranda , from the Sephardic Jewish community of London, who owned property before the town and county were organized in 1730. Ten years later several Jewish families had settled in the town; on February 3, 1747, a deed to Isaac Nunus Ricus (Henriques) and Joseph Simon was recorded, conveying 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) of land "in trust for
2871-676: The plain sects who are descendants of the Anabaptist Mennonite immigrants to Lancaster County. The Mennonite Central Committee in Akron supports relief in disasters and provides manpower and material to local organizations in relief efforts. The town of Lititz was originally planned as a closed community, founded early in the 1740s by members of the Moravian Church . The town eventually grew and welcomed its neighbors. The Moravian Church established Linden Hall School for Girls in 1746; it
2958-483: The townland of Omagh, in the parish of Drumragh. Over time, the urban area has spread into the surrounding townlands. They include: The Ulster American Folk Park near Omagh includes the cottage where Thomas Mellon was born in 1813, before emigrating to Pennsylvania , in the United States when he was five. His son Andrew W. Mellon became secretary of the US Treasury . The park is an open-air museum that explores
3045-493: The "Christiana Riot", "Christiana Resistance", the "Christiana Outrage", and the "Christiana Tragedy". The Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society helped provide defense for the suspects charged in the case. The event frightened slaveholders, as black men not only fought back but prevailed. Some feared this would inspire enslaved blacks and encourage rebelliousness. The case was prosecuted in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia under
3132-419: The 2010 census, there were 519,445 people. The population density was 561 people per square mile (217 people/km ). There were 193,602 households. Of that number 135,401 (69.9%) were families. Of those families, 120,112 (88.7%) had children under the age of 18. There were 202,952 housing units at an average density of 215 per square mile (83/km ). The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size
3219-589: The Chabad Jewish Enrichment Center, a branch of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, that focuses on serving the Jewish students of Franklin and Marshall College , as well serving the general community with specific religious services. The Lancaster Mikvah Association runs a mikveh on Degel Israel's property. Central PA Kosher Stand is operated at Dutch Wonderland , a seasonal amusement park. This area
3306-640: The Derry Road from Portadown to Derry via Dungannon to Omagh and Strabane . Bus Services in Omagh are operated by Ulsterbus . Omagh has a number of educational institutions at different levels. Omagh was also the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board (WELB), located at Campsie House on the Hospital Road, before all local education boards in Northern Ireland were combined into
3393-726: The Education Minister, Caitríona Ruane announced that funding had been allocated for exemplar designs and associated technical work for a shared educational campus. The construction was expected to cost in excess of £120 million. As of March 2022, the shared education campus was scheduled to open in 2026. The following is a list of religious buildings in Omagh: The town has two Gaelic football clubs, Omagh St. Enda's , which plays its home games in Healy Park , and Drumragh Sarsfields , which plays its home games at Clanabogan. Healy Park
3480-523: The English in Maryland and Virginia (and later, Pennsylvania). By the 1720s, the colonists considered the Conestoga Indians as a "civilized" or "friendly tribe," having been converted in large part to Christianity, speaking English as a second language, making brooms and baskets for sale, and naming children after their favorite neighbors. The outbreak of Pontiac's War in the summer of 1763, coupled with
3567-601: The Fugitive Slave Act, which required citizens to cooperate in the capture and return of fugitive slaves. The disturbance increased regional and racial tensions. In the North, it added to the push to abolish slavery. In September 1851, the grand jury returned a "true bill" (indictment) against 38 suspects, who were held at Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, awaiting trial. U.S. District Judge Robert Cooper Grier ruled that
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3654-621: The GNR's remaining lines in Northern Ireland in 1958. In accordance with The Benson Report submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963, the UTA closed the "Derry Road" through Omagh on 15 February 1965. Later the Omagh Throughpass road was built on the disused trackbed through Omagh railway station . There are currently plans to reopen railway lines in Northern Ireland including
3741-566: The Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country , is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , United States. As of the 2020 census , the population was 552,984, making it Pennsylvania's sixth-most populous county. Its county seat is also Lancaster . Lancaster County comprises the Lancaster metropolitan statistical area . The county is part of the South Central region of
3828-473: The Irish Republican Army made its first public statement later that month claiming responsibility for the killing. In February 2023, an off-duty senior police officer was shot and critically injured at a sports complex in the town. Police stated they were focusing on the New IRA . At the time of the 2021 Census there were 20,458 people living in Omagh. Of these: On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 19,659 people living in Omagh, accounting for 1.09% of
3915-509: The NI total. Of these: Omagh has a history of flooding and suffered major floods in 1909, 1929, 1954, 1969, 1987, 1999 and, most recently, 12 June 2007. Flood-walls have been built to keep the water in the channel (River Strule) and to prevent it from overflowing into the flood plain . Large areas of land, mainly around the meanders , are unsuitable for development and were developed into large, green open areas, walking routes and parks. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate
4002-401: The Omagh – Enniskillen railway line in 1957. In accordance with the Benson Report submitted to the Northern Ireland Government in 1963, the Ulster Transport Authority closed the Portadown – Omagh – Londonderry main line in 1965, leaving Tyrone with no rail service. St Lucia Barracks closed on 1 August 2007. On 30 December 1942, a Consolidated Catalina Ib of No. 240 Squadron RAF that
4089-413: The River Strule have also been developed into open areas. Omagh Leisure Complex is a large public amenity, near the Grange Park and is set in 11 hectares (27 acres) of landscaped grounds and features a leisure centre , boating pond, astroturf pitch and cycle paths. Omagh is the main retail centre for Tyrone, as well as the West of Ulster (behind Derry and Letterkenny ), due to its central location. In
4176-468: The Strule Arts Centre in 1997. Omagh came into the international focus of the media on 15 August 1998, when the Real Irish Republican Army exploded a car bomb in the town centre. 29 people were killed in the blast – 14 women (including one pregnant with twins), 9 children and 6 men. Hundreds more were injured as a result of the blast. In April 2011, a car bomb killed police constable Ronan Kerr . A group of former Provisional IRA members calling itself
4263-420: The Susquehanna. In 1730, the Wright's Ferry services were licensed and officially begun. Starting in mid-1730, Thomas Cresap , acting as an agent of Lord Baltimore, began confiscating the newly settled farms near present-day Peach Bottom and Columbia, Pennsylvania , which at the time this was not named but was later called Wright's Ferry. Believing he controlled this land under his grant, Lord Baltimore wanted
4350-437: The Susquehannock a mighty nation, experts in war and trade. They were beaten only by the combined power of the Five Nation Iroquois Confederacy , after colonial Maryland withdrew its support. After 1675, the Susquehannock were totally absorbed by the Iroquois. A handful were settled at "New Conestoga," located along the south bank of the Conestoga River in Conestoga Township of the county. They helped staff an Iroquois consulate to
4437-494: The antebellum years. Many residents of German descent opposed slavery and cooperated in aiding fugitive slaves. Local Lancaster County resident Charles Spotts found 17 stations. They included hiding places with trap doors, hidden vaults, a cave, and one with a brick tunnel leading to Octoraro Creek , a tributary of the Susquehanna. As a wealthy Maryland wheat farmer, Edward Gorsuch had manumitted several slaves in their 20s. He allowed his slaves to work for cash elsewhere during
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#17328581786224524-420: The areas along the waterways for thousands of years, and established varying cultures. Historic Native American tribes in the area at the time of European encounter included the Shawnee , Susquehannock , Gawanese , Lenape (or Delaware), and Nanticoke peoples , who were from different language families and had distinct cultures. Among the earliest recorded inhabitants of the Susquehanna River valley were
4611-411: The children of duly registered enslaved women at the age of twenty-eight, was a compromise between anti-slavery conviction and respect for white property rights. By the time the U.S. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 , Pennsylvania was effectively a free state, although it did not formally abolish slavery completely until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment . It did, however, pass
4698-456: The county at the state or federal level hold state house seats anchored in Lancaster city and its closest-in suburbs. Lancaster County has only ever voted for a Democratic presidential nominee once since James Buchanan in 1856, a resident of the city of Lancaster. In 1964, Lyndon Johnson carried Lancaster County as part of his 44-state landslide, winning by 798 votes, less than a single percentage point. Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to carry
4785-433: The county during any of his four successful runs for president, coming within 4,000 votes of carrying it in his 46-state landslide of 1936. In 2008, Barack Obama became the first Democrat to garner 40 percent of the county's vote since Johnson, and the second since Franklin D. Roosevelt. Donald Trump earned 56 percent of the vote in both campaigns, with Joe Biden becoming the third Democrat in 80 years to win 40 percent of
4872-487: The courses concern the study of Irish migration from 1600 to the present day. The specialist research library contains some 10,000 volumes, over 50 periodicals, maps, audio-visual material, and a collection of primary source documents (the Irish Emigration Database) which is searchable on computer. The centre is open to visitors during basic office hours, and closed during public holidays. The Old World region includes whole streets of original houses, an original printing press,
4959-468: The culture of both the New World and the Old World , such as U.S. Independence Day , Halloween , Easter and of course Saint Patrick's Day . The melting pot of emigrant music is celebrated with a three-day Bluegrass Music Festival every September. The museum's visitor centre houses a cafe and shop as well as the permanent exhibition Emigrants that introduces the story of emigration from Ireland to America, before visitors embark on their journey around
5046-409: The fugitive slaves who sought refuge in the area. Gorsuch obtained four warrants and organized four parties, which set out separately with federal marshals to recover his property—the four slaves. He was killed and others were wounded. While Gorsuch was legally entitled to recover his slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act , it is not clear who precipitated the violence. The incident was variously called
5133-418: The grey top buggies of the Amish in Lancaster County. Other buggy-using Old Order Mennonites in Lancaster County are subgroups of the Stauffer Mennonites with 283 baptized members and the Reidenbach Mennonites with 232. There are about 4,000 members of the car-driving Weaverland Old Order Mennonite Conference . A congregation of 83 members of the Old Order River Brethren lives there as well as 84 members of
5220-425: The hearths and griddles of the exhibit buildings. The museum also includes agricultural displays and an array of farm animals. The park is open throughout the year, excluding some public holidays. The demonstrations that take place showcase the day-to-day tasks and skills of those who lived in the era such as blacksmithing, candle-dipping, embroidery , spinning , printing , and open hearth cooking. The museum runs
5307-497: The income from the lands. He believed he had a defensible claim established on the west bank of the Susquehanna River since 1721, and that his demesne and grant extended to forty degrees north. If he allowed Pennsylvanians to settle his lands without reacting, he believed, their squatting would constitute a counter claim. Cresap established a second ferry in the upper Conejohela downriver from John Wright's , near Peach Bottom. He demanded that settlers either move out or pay Maryland for
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#17328581786225394-401: The ineffective policies of the provincial government, aroused widespread settler suspicion and hatred against all Indians in the frontier counties, without distinguishing among hostile and friendly peoples. On December 14, 1763, the Paxton Boys , led by Matthew Smith and Capt. Lazarus Stewart , attacked Conestoga, killing the six Indians present, and burning all the houses. Officials sheltered
5481-475: The journey made by the Irish (specifically those from Ulster) to America during the 1800s. The park is used to host events during Easter, Christmas, Fourth of July and Halloween . It also hosts a major Bluegrass festival every year. Over 127,000 people visited the park in 2003. The Gortin Glens Forest Park , 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of Omagh, is a large forest with a deer enclosure and several waterfalls and lakes. Strule Arts Centre opened in 2007
5568-399: The land that are mutually agreed upon by the grantees and the property owner. After ceding their development rights, landowners continue to manage and own their properties and may receive significant tax breaks. The conservation easement ensures that the land will remain available for agricultural use forever. Lancaster Farmland Trust is a private, non-profit organization that works closely with
5655-689: The land with settlers, Lord Baltimore had forfeited his rights to a twenty-mile (32 km) swath of land. In 1767, a new Pennsylvania-Maryland border was officially established by the Mason-Dixon line . The names of the original Lancaster County townships reflect the diverse national origins of settlers in the new county: two had Welsh names ( Caernarvon and Lampeter ), three had Native American names ( Cocalico , Conestoga and Peshtank or Paxton), six were English ( Warwick , Lancaster , Martic , Sadsbury , Salisbury and Hempfield ); four were Irish ( Donegal , Drumore , Derry , and Leacock ), reflecting mostly Scots-Irish (or Ulster Scots ) from Ulster ,
5742-576: The men could be tried for treason . The only person actually tried was Castner Hanway, a European-American man. On November 15, 1851, he was tried for liberating slaves taken into custody by U.S. Marshal Kline, as well as for resisting arrest, conspiracy, and treason. Hanway's responsibility for the violent events was unclear. He was reported as one of the first on the scene where Gorsuch and others of his party were attacked, and he and his horse provided cover for Dickerson Gorsuch and Dr. Pearce, who were wounded. The jury deliberated 15 minutes before returning
5829-446: The nation in farmland preservation. Organizations such as the Lancaster Farmland Trust, the Lancaster County Agricultural Preservation Board, and multiple municipalities work in partnership with landowners to preserve their farms and way of life for future generations by placing a conservation easement on their property. A conservation easement restricts real estate development, commercial and industrial uses, and certain other activities on
5916-424: The outdoor museum and along the emigrant trail. Free parking is available on site. The entrance section includes a restaurant, a visitors' information centre and the Centre for Migration Studies (CMS). The CMS has an attached library and offers, in conjunction with the University of Ulster and Queen's University of Belfast , postgraduate and undergraduate courses, as well as tailored and shorter courses; all of
6003-471: The period 2000–2003, over £80 million was invested in Omagh, and 60,960 m (656,200 sq ft) of new retail space was created. Shopping areas in Omagh include the Main Street, Great Northern Road Retail Park and the Showgrounds Retail Park on Sedan Avenue in the town centre. Market Street/High Street is also a prominent shopping street, which includes high street stores such as DV8 and Primark . The 'Omagh Accessible Shared Inclusive Space' (OASIS),
6090-420: The province. Linking the Old and New World sections of the park is the Ship and Dockside gallery, which includes the Brig Union , a full-size replica of an immigrant sailing ship. The historic atmosphere continues in the New World area, which features a recreated old American street with a tinsmith display and the original interior of a Virginia general store. Beyond the street, the frontier journey begins with
6177-403: The ratio of Republicans to Democrats in Lancaster County now stands at 1.8 Republicans to 1 Democrat, down from a 3–1 advantage for the Republicans in the late 1990s. Even with these gains, the county is still powerfully Republican downballot; the only real pockets of Democratic influence are in the city of Lancaster. Reflecting this, the only elected Democrats representing a significant portion of
6264-467: The right-bank lands. Settlers believed they already had rights to these under Pennsylvania grants. Cresap drove off settlers by vandalizing farms and killing livestock; he pushed out settlers from southern York and Lancaster counties. He gave the abandoned lands to his followers. If a follower was arrested by Lancaster authorities, the Marylanders would break him out of the lockup. Lord Baltimore negotiated
6351-538: The row offices and all but one county commission seat are held by Republicans, and the GOP holds all but two state legislative seats covering the county. Republicans also hold a majority of registered voters in the county. In September 2008, the Democratic Party reached the benchmark of 100,000 registered voters for the first time in the county's history. The party had just 82,171 registered Democrats in 2004. As of 2008 ,
6438-656: The slow season. Upon finding some of his wheat missing, he thought his slaves had sold it to a local farmer. His slaves Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, George Ford, and Joshua Hammond, fearing his bad temper, fled across the Mason–Dixon line to the farm of William Parker , a mulatto free man and abolitionist who lived in Christiana, Pennsylvania . Parker, 29, was a member of the Lancaster Black Self-Protection Society and known to use violence to defend himself and
6525-603: The society of Jews settled in and about Lancaster," to be used as a place of burial. This cemetery is still used by Congregation Shaarai Shomayim; it is considered the nation's fourth-oldest Jewish cemetery. As of 2010, Lancaster County is home to three synagogues: the Orthodox Degel Israel; the Conservative Beth El; and the Reform Shaarai Shomayim. In 2003 Rabbi Elazar Green & Shira Green founded
6612-609: The southern border of the province and Lancaster County. Nine years of armed clashes accompanied the Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary dispute , which began soon after the 1730 establishment of Wright's Ferry across the Susquehanna River . Lord Baltimore believed that his grant to Maryland extended to the 40th parallel. This was about halfway between present-day Lancaster and the town of Willow Street, Pennsylvania . This line of demarcation would have resulted in Philadelphia being included in Maryland. New settlers began to cross
6699-512: The state. Lancaster County is a tourist destination with its Amish community being a major attraction. The ancestors of the Amish began to immigrate to colonial Pennsylvania in the early 18th century to take advantage of the religious freedom offered by William Penn , as well as the area's rich soil and mild climate. They were joined by French Huguenots fleeing the religious persecution of Louis XIV . There were also significant numbers of English, Welsh and Ulster Scots (also known as
6786-523: The town. In 1768 Omagh replaced Dungannon as the county town of County Tyrone. Omagh acquired railway links to Londonderry with the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway in 1852, Enniskillen in 1853 and Belfast in 1861. St Lucia Barracks were completed in 1881. In 1899 Tyrone County Hospital was opened. The Government of Northern Ireland made the Great Northern Railway Board close
6873-460: The tribe's fourteen survivors in protective custody in the county jail, but the Paxton Boys returned on December 27, broke into the jail, and massacred the remaining natives. The lack of effective government control and widespread sympathy in the frontier counties for the murderers meant they were never discovered or brought to justice. Pennsylvania had a longstanding dispute with Maryland about
6960-682: The vast Amish and Plain-Sect communities of Lancaster County to ensure their farms will retain their agricultural value. Together with the Lancaster County Agricultural Preserve Board, the county has preserved more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of preserved farmland in the county—a first in the nation. Lancaster County lies on the general track of the Appalachian Mountains . As a result, residual seismic activity from ancient faulting occasionally produces minor earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 4. On December 27, 2008,
7047-410: Was 3.13. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18 and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.60 males. 5.58% of the population and 8.37% of the children aged 5–17 reported speaking Pennsylvania Dutch , German, or Dutch at home, while
7134-544: Was also settled by French Huguenots , who had fled to England and then the colonies in the late 1600s and early 1700s to escape Catholic persecution in France. Isaac LeFèvre and a group of other Huguenots settled in the Pequea Creek area. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 984 square miles (2,550 km ), of which 944 square miles (2,440 km ) is land and 40 square miles (100 km ) (4.1%)
7221-664: Was extended to Enniskillen in 1854. The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (PD&O) reached Omagh in 1861, completing the Portadown – Derry route that came to be informally called "The Derry Road". The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) absorbed the PD&;O in 1876 and the L&;ER in 1883. The Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close the Omagh – Enniskillen line in 1957. The Ulster Transport Authority took over
7308-576: Was opened by the Duke of Abercorn on 25 May 1932 and racing took place at 'The Park' in the Showgrounds. It was organised by the Tyrone Greyhound Racing Association until 1940. Notable residents or people born in Omagh include: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County ( / ˈ l æ ŋ k ɪ s t ər / ; Pennsylvania Dutch : Lengeschder Kaundi ), sometimes nicknamed
7395-404: Was operating from RAF Killadeas crashed into the town. The crash killed all eleven occupants, however no one on the ground was killed or injured. The cause of the crash was never ascertained. Omagh Town Hall, which opened on 29 September 1915, hosted many prominent performers, including the actors Anew McMaster , Micheál Mac Liammóir and Jimmy O'Dea , before it was demolished to make way for
7482-581: Was organized as the colony's fourth county. It was named after the city of Lancaster in the county of Lancashire in England, the native home of John Wright , an early settler. As settlement increased, six other counties were subsequently formed from territory directly taken, in all or in part, from Lancaster County: Berks (1752), Cumberland (1750), Dauphin (1785), Lebanon (1813), Northumberland (1772), and York (1749). Many other counties were in turn formed from these six. Indigenous peoples had occupied
7569-738: Was the largest in County Tyrone , had a population of 51,356. Omagh contains the headquarters of the Western Education and Library Board , and also houses offices for the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at Sperrin House, the Department for Infrastructure and the Northern Ireland Roads Service at the Tyrone County Hall and the Northern Ireland Land & Property Services at Boaz House. The name Omagh
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