This journal article recounts the experience of two Salisbury Township residents, Freland Phillips and John Buzzard, who were involved in a battle in Wyoming with Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in 1867. They were part of an Army detachment from Fort Kearney that was assigned to protect men who cut wood for the fort.When attacked, the soldiers took cover in a corral made from the wood of wagon boxes and were able to hold off the Indians until help arrived. This incident occurred during what was called the" Red Cloud War."
The early history of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lancaster : Part 1: Starting as a mission Sunday school of Trinity Lutheran Church, and struggling to establish a stable congregation, 1867-1880
The early history of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lancaster : Part II: Becoming a separate congregation, considering location options, and planning for a new church building, 1880-1890
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 118, number 1 (2017), p. 3-37Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article974.9 L245 v. 118, no. 1
"May God have mercy on the deeply affected congregation" : the divisive 1825 language dispute at Lancaster's Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity