M. LUTHER HEISEY GOING DOWN IN HISTORY LANCASTER 1960 A chronology of happenings in local history during the year of 1960, fresh from the newspapers, and served up by Luther Heisey in his inimitable manner. Jan. 16. The Intelligencer Journal states "Lancastrians came home from the State Farm Show

Early Lancaster County History in the Provincial Records and Archives Read by Benj. B. Lippold (Original notes by H. Frank Eshleman) It is an old saying in the legal profession that the question is not so much what the law is, as it is where to find the law. It is also true of the undigested and

occupy a very large proportion of the "Register." It has been deemed sufficiently important a matter to arrange the story of Lancaster County as found in the "Register" in chronological order, so that any one interested may sweep along from the earliest times down to the end of the year 1835, and be able

. Fishel, Jr., "Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870-1883", Civil War History, XIV (Dec., 1968), 334-335. 2I have used a number of terms to identify the geographical subdivisions of Lancaster County in the 1850's that a reader might find confusing. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

Lancaster County's Present Court House: A History of Its Construction 1852-1855 Fay Follet Kramer ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author is indebted to many people who aided in various ways in making this paper a reality. It is hoped that, in a small way, this paper will serve as a means of saying thank-you to