LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – More than 30 Millersville University student archeologists are excavating a farm field to uncover a tavern that dates back to 1725. It could be the earliest tavern in Lancaster County.
“They got permission to serve drinks and to serve meals here,” said Tim Trussell, associate professor of anthropology. “That’s what an ordinary is, and a Scots-Irishman named John Galbraith got permission to do this in 1725. We suspect he was here a few years earlier because when he applied for permission, 30 of his neighbors signed it, meaning they were probably coming here for food and drinks before that point.”
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Trussell said he and his students discovered the tavern…