xi, 96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 x 27 cm.
Series
Science Press keepsake;
Notes
Christmas keepsake of Science Press, 1975.
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Contents
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania--Declaration of Independence--Lancaster's Liberty Bell--Pennsylvania's Militia Meets in Lancaster--George Ross Signs the Declaration--Edward Hand...The Doctor becomes a General--Witness Tree at Donegal--A Monastic Community in Ephrata--Moravians at Lititz--Iron Industry of Lancaster County--Baron Stiegel of Manheim--Grist Mills of Lancaster County--Franklin College.
Early Tobacco History of Pennsylvania--Establishing the Tobacco Bed--From Seedbed to Field--Topping, Suckering, Spraying--Cutting and Curing--Taking down and stripping
Penn Manor's heritage: an historical introduction -- The first residents: the Susquehannock Indians -- Conestoga Indian treaties and traders -- Postlethwaite tavern -- Our Mennonite heritage -- Conestoga Township -- Conestoga wagon -- Early grist mills -- Reminiscences of a miller -- Rafting days on th Susquehanna -- Pequea Township -- History of Penn Manor Schools -- Millersville State College -- Conestoga Navigation Company -- Martic Township -- McCalls Ferry Bridge -- Covered Bridges of Penn Manor -- Manor Township -- Crossing the Susquehanna from Blue Rock to McCalls -- Agriculture in Penn Manor -- Millersville and Pequea trolleys -- Walk through historic Millersville -- Our volunteer fire companies.
"Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]
