Welcome to the New Holland Area Historical Society
About Us
Current Exhibits
The Unseen Works of Myrtle Trembly
The Myrtle We Knew
One Room School
New Holland Machine Company
Blue Ball, East Earl, & Earl Twp
Memorial Tribute to Veterans
Upcoming Meetings
2019 Programs
Programs held at Garden Spot Village Chapel, begin at 7pm, and with no admission fee
September 19th - "New Holland Railroad, the Forgotten Branch" presented by Mark Hoffman
October 17th - "Conestoga Navigation: A Slackwater Canal", presented by Donald Kautz & Benton Webber. An overview of the slackwater canal that existed on the Conestoga River from Lancaster to the Susquehanna river during the early 19th century
"Everything Just Went Right"
Read the story of a humble Mennonite man who invented the automatic tying baler, putting New Holland on the map. Hard Back: $40 Soft Cover: $20
Books can be purchased at the museum during regular hours, or by calling
Don Horning @ 717.538.3079
Looking for a little help from our friends
Unidentified Photos
The museum is blessed with thousands of New Holland area photos that were donated by countless supporters of our efforts to preserve our history . Many of them include some type of identification information, and others were identified my NHAHS members based on local knowledge or other photographic evidence.
But there are hundreds of interesting - and potentially historically significant - photos that we are not able to identify. The purpose of this initiative is to solicit your help in identifying these photos.
The plan is to place small batches of these pictures on the website in the Photos section, including whatever info we have for each, and providing you with a contact form where you can tell us how you can help identify these treasures. Each photo is assigned a number, and all you need to do is tell us that "photo #7 is a picture of my great grandmother Elvira's birthplace, located just east of N Railroad avenue." That's it. If you'd like to include your name that would be great.
As information is received we will update the captions for these photos, and after a reasonable amount of time (no idea what this means exactly) we'll publish the information gathered along with the contributors. Then we'll publish the next set of photos and repeat the exercise.
It's a chance for you to participate in the work of the NHAHS, and we greatly appreciate your assistance.
Thanks!
