A schoolhouse that once stood near Lancaster was thought to be haunted by a murder victim. The area was plagued by a family of stagecoach robbers who operated on the old Hamburg Road. A stranger who disappeared near the Clarksburg Schoolhouse was thought to have been one of their victims. After his disappearance the school's bell would toll mysteriously and horse hooves and other horrible sounds were heard coming from the building at night.
To add to the weirdness of this legend, a man walking home from Lancaster with his wife and son was followed by a black dog "as big as a steer." When they reached the Clarksburg Schoolhouse the dog disappeared.
