The next day, we drove north toward Ephrata and then on another five miles to our destination. We stayed at the Soap Lake Nature Spa & Resort – and, to be truthful, I wish we’d done our trip ...

Nearby, in Ephrata, was the Mountain Springs Hotel, a well-known hillside resort overlooking the town. The owner was Joseph Konigmacher, cousin of Rebecca. The Konigmachers are from an old and ...

The hotel, located at East Main and Spring Garden streets, was originally built in 1848 as a summer resort and offered ... of the Mountain Springs Hotel in Ephrata, Lancaster County, circa the ...

All are linked to the golden era of South Mountain resorts. Paul L ... to accept a position at Ephrata Mountain Spring. Leisering’s enterprise, after several owners, expansions and name changes ...