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WELCOMEhe Fairfield Area Historical Society was created to help preserve and protect Fairfield's historical heritage. The Historical Society intends to identify and acquire artifacts and information of historical significance to the Fairfield area.
HERITAGE ADAMS COUNTY Adams County is updating the Heritage Component of the County Comprehensive Plan. Click HERE to check out the project's website for more information and to take a brief survey. UPCOMING EVENTS
October 19, 2023
Early 20th Century Fruit Processing in Southwestern Adams County Presentation by Phil Roth 7:00 p.m. | Fairfield Village Hall, 108 West Main Street, Fairfield PA, 17320 In the early 1900's, Orrtanna (named in 1892 from the original Wortzville) was a vibrant village with a shirt factory, two tanneries nearby and a railroad spur line end point for the Harrisburg & Gettysburg Railroad. Around 1910, newly organized Rice Fruit Company was shipping fresh apples in barrels by railroad from Orrtanna. And in 1913, the Orrtanna Canning Company processed 25,545 busshels of raw apples into sliced apples shipped in tin cans. The background and stories about Orrtanna Canning Company's history and its contribution to organizing Knouse Foods Cooperative, Inc., will be presented by Phil Roth, former orchardist and grandson of Orrtanna Canning Company's founder I.Z. Musselman. This event is free to the public and lite refreshments will be served. |
Blacksmith shop and stable in Fairfield
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The Paxton & McCreary store at approximately 20 East Main Street
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Post civil war picture of H.J. Waddle house, shop and wagon
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