Turkey Hill Experience – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Given the location in the Susquehanna Gateway Heritage Area covering Lancaster and York counties, there were interpretive panels on Native Americans, Early Settlers, The Railroad, The Civil War, Ingenuity, and Harnessing the River. One episode during the Civil War that was particularly noteworthy was on June 28, 1863 when the Confederate troops tried to cross the bridge from Wrightsville to get to Lancaster and then Philadelphia. Major Granville O. Haller and Colonel Jacob G. Frick ordered the Union militia to set the bridge on fire. When the Confederate troops could not cross the bridge, they ended up in the small town of Gettysburg for the decisive battle in the Civil War that took place just a few days later.
Though the primary focus was ice cream. There were several creative exhibits, including one in which visitors can make their own commercial by standing in front of a green screen.
This before photo and the current building show changes to the site over time. The sweetest part at the end of the tour was all you can eat ice cream and ice-tea.