the Six Nations in 1757. The next public building which seems to have been erected was a county jail, in 1739, built of logs. In 1744, Thomas Poultney was directed to make a pair �of stocks and erect a pillory in such place as will be aproved.* Religion was not neglected in those early days. James

, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1899. Peace to the Brave! They do not need our praising, For in all hearts is treasured every name; Yet for the future we to-day are raising A tablet to their fame. And while the trees put on their fading splendors And trail their banners like to knights of old

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

): Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 416-430 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

- son & Dixon line. An Early Visitor. But though Capt. John Smith like- ly did not actually explore what is now Lancaster county soil, it seems morally certain that a Frenchman named Eitienne Brule, in 1615 or 1618, did travel through the Susquehanna river valley. An account of this may be found in a

of the prison. Mr. War- fel tells us that at many places about his farm he finds old stone foundations of log buildings. There are about thirty licensed public houses, such as Pos- tlethwaite's, in this county at that time,' but Postlethwaite's was of more prominence and commanded more license than

THE GREAT CONESTOGA ROAD Part I.—The Laying Out and Opening of the Great Conestoga Road From Philadelphia to Rock Hill (formerly Postlethwaite's), on the Conestoga River, 1683 to 1734: (Also, Auxiliary Roads Into the Susquehanna Valley From the Delaware Settlements, Enumerated). The first great

Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County. The early history of Lancaster county gathers around its ancient churches. In colonial days, far more than at pre- sent, the church was the centre of so- cial life; and those who would study that life in its more recent develop- ments should not fail to

history during the nearly two hun- dred years it has been known as such. No other county in the State, except Philadelphia only, can equal it. The records at Harrisburg, published and unpublished, show that. They are too voluminous for any ordinary history to take in, and some must, from the very