 In the 1860s, articles in the "Atlantic Monthly" and "Lippincott's Magazine" published right after the Civil War, introduced Lancaster County to many readers.However, tourism in Lancaster was nearly non-existent prior to 1955.A New York Times travel article in 1952 brought 25,000 visitors, but the 1955 Broadway musical Plain and Fancy helped to fan the flames of Amish tourism in the mid 1950s.