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towns with buildings dating back to the 1700s
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to country events offering more fun and food
Guides can provided special tours of these sites
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than many can handle. We invite you to pick-
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your-own fruit, wander through our antique
battle in Hunterstown. While there, visit the e
shops and historic buildings, and be part of our
Great Conewago Presbyterian Church that
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community. Experience our outdoors with skiing
served as a Civil War Hospital. Tour Fairfield,
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and snowboarding, golfing, fishing, hiking and bird
just west of Gettysburg, which saw a fierce
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cavalry battle during the Gettysburg Campaign.
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the famous battle ended. Many of these stories o
are told along the Pennsylvania Civil War Trail
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Invasion & Retreat.
Adams County is as much
agricultural as it is Civil War history.
Discover through special guided and self-guided
tours the story of the Underground Railroad and
our Quaker community, see how the Confederate
troops made their way to Gettysburg through the
Spend a few days roaming through
Cashtown Pass and where they retreated through
Fairfield. Hear the story of Mary Jameson, the
Adams County.
young girl captured during a French and Indian
You will find it both picturesque and
War raid who was adopted, lived and prospered
charming. We offer many Bed & Breakfast
with the Shawnee Indians in New York. Visit the
accommodations, guesthouses and
acres upon acres of orchards in Apple Country and
campgrounds. Experience our special events
stop to take some home at one of our many farm
such as Apple Blossom Festival in May,
markets. Visit New Oxford with “the Beautiful
Lavender Festival in June, South Mountain Fair
Circle” and over a hundred antique shops. Spend
each August, the Apple Harvest Festival two
time in East Berlin, where many of the buildings
weekends in October and the Bluegrass Festival
are listed on the National Registry of Historic
each May and August. These wonderful events
Places. These stops can all be seen as you take our
offer live entertainment, crafts, agriculture, food
free driving tours, The Historic Conewago Valley
and family fun. Adams County is a wonderful
Tour and the Scenic Valley Tour.
place to unwind and enjoy.
Visit us online at www.gettysburg.travel
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