History & local legend
Long Lane, on the approach to Lobachsville in Berks County's Oley Valley area, is associated with a woman said to wait beside the road for a soldier. The tradition describes her as a young woman in a white gown whose sweetheart left to fight in the Revolutionary War and died in battle.
Two Pennsylvania folklore collections preserve similar versions of the story: she continues waiting for him along the lane and is seen only between May and July.
Sources
- PIRA, Haunted Sites of Pennsylvania, 2004 collection, Oley entry gives the white gown, relationship, lost soldier and season
- Pennsylvania Researchers Organization, Berks County, Long Lane tradition as preserved in 2008
- Pike Township, Weidner Grove Park, directions describing Long Lane, Pine Creek and the historic picnic grove
- Mr. Matté, Long Lane entering Lobachsville, geotagged photograph of the Oley-area road
