ORGANIZATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE CONESTOGA NAVIGATION COMPANY By PROFESSOR HORACE R. BARNES The possible effect upon Lancaster and other cities and towns lying in the great valley of Pennsylvania, had the Susquehanna been a navigable river, has frequently been the topic of idle speculation

, of the many involved in Stiegel's character and varied career, were essential to his historical record in enduring bronze: First, that he was an important glassmaker and iron- master of early Pennsylvania. Second, the dates and places of his birth and death, as accurately as extended research have

The Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Joint Sesqui-Centennial of the Constitution of the United States and Franklin College By DR. HORACE R. BARNES The four days, October 14 to 17 inclusive, will go down in the history of Lancaster County as one of the outstanding periods in the long and

lightning parts the clouds in a distance, and its glare reveals a temple and some city walls." * Through the courtesy and the cooperation of Miss Mary Hunter Mayer, of Reading, Pa., the author has received valuable and interesting data, rela- tive to portraits by Jacob Eichholtz. Miss Mayer is the owner of

The Bridgeport and Horseshoe Turnpike By HORACE R. BARNES, LL.D. "HORSE-SHOE ROAD" According to Ellis and Evans, "the old 'Horse-Shoe Road' was laid out in 1738," to meet the need of a road from Lancaster to the "Coventry Iron- Works" on French Creek, Chester County, "with a branch to Reading

at an early age, he was apprenticed to Archibald Bartram, a Phila- delphia printer. Before he reached manhood, he became a partner in the firm of Bartram and Reynolds. Returning to Lancaster, he became active and prominent in many avenues of service. From 1820 to 1836, he owned the Lancaster Journal