"Hart of Amishland" Strasburg Railroad "The Road to Paradies" - is America's Oldest Shortline Railroad, founded in 1832. Located on Route 741 at Strasburg - Lancaster County, Pa. - this historic train travels regularly between Strasburg & Paradise, thru beatiful Penna. Dutch Amish farm country.
Aerial view of the farm that later became the site of Park City Shopping Center in 1970. Farm bounded by Route 30, Harrisburg Pike and the railroad tracks near Manheim Pike.
This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.
System of Arrangement
The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.
Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: Jacob W. Groff, David Grosh, [signature in German], Daniel Dietrich, Jacob Esbenshade, John Stouffer Sr., Abraham Rohrer, Henry Althouse, Reuben Bear, Levi Dreisch, William Ressler, John Brubaker, David Binkly.
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Located about 2 1/2 miles from Lancaster on the New Holland turnpike, near Israel W. Groff's machine shop and foundry.
January term.
Signers of petition: William Witman, George Gerhardt, Abraham Eberly, James Tomlinson, Philip Ronk, Henry Hilton, John Stauffer Jr., Thomas Barr, Davis Horst, Christian Bomberger, Samuel Swigart, Stephen Hiestand, Daniel Brubacker, David Shreiner, William Hammond, [signature in German], Martin Kachel, Jacob Hunsicker, Jacob Hess, D. S. Brecht, Peter S. Snyder, John Long, A. Beerbower, Henry Shreiner, John Weidler, Andrew B. Hauck, Abraham F. Garber, John Gerber, Christian Hiestand, Emanuel Hermes, Phillip Stark, George Grube, John Johnson, [signature in German], Henry Hamilton, Charles Shreiner, Christian S. Grube, Adam Dietrich, George Funk, David Evans, Benjamin Johnson, Henry Johns, John Frank, Abraham Bomberger, Martin Musser, H. B. Bowman, Benjamin W. Harnish, John Coffey, Henry Albright, George Miller, Christopher M. Hess, Henry F. Eberly, George Hauck, Isaac Hostetter, Christian Zook, Isaac Unger, John Zook Jr., Andrew Metzger, William Rheem, C. L. [Husheber], Jacob Landis, Jacob Stark, John Evans, Henry H. Kurtz, [ ] Blickenderfer, George Hambright, Amos Ringwalt, Joseph Wisner, George Y. Shreiner, Lewis H. Fisher, David Stauffer, Jacob Bassler, Tobias Johnson, Joseph W. Brenen, Peter C. Maurer, John L. Sharp, Abraham Stauffer, Ephraim Stauffer, [ ] Dengard, John Dunkel, Daniel Shisler, Jacob Y. Shreiner, George C. Garber, William Weaver, Benjamin Benedick, Robert Campbell, Conrad Miller, Christian Shreiner, Daniel Shreiner.
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Signers of petition: James Graham, William Black, Jesse Gyger, Joseph [Potts], D. F. Witmer, Jacob Potts, George H. Miller, Levi Summy, Amos E. Cochran, Daniel Rosch, Alexander Schultz, William Steacy.
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Signers of petition: Amos E. Cochran, Joseph Potts, George H. Miller, Samuel Fondersmith, John Gyger, Thomas N. Gast, David Herr, Philip Ferree, [Alexander] Schultz, Andrew Charles, John McCallister, Jacob Weitzel.
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