The Grand Army of the Republic in Lancaster County by Glenn B. Knight It was early 1866 and the United States of America — now securely one nation again — was waking to the reality of recovery from war. In prior wars the care for the veteran warrior was the province of the family or the community

Tuesday, November 16, 1886, at 10 o'clock, a.m. in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, on South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa., to consider the propriety of forming such a society. �14 JOURNAL OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Inasmuch as the weather was inclement only a few persons

Franklin and Marshall Academy Franklin and Marshall College Glee Club Fulton Opera House Gordonville Gotwald Chapel J. B. Kevinksi’s Music Store J. P. McCaskey High School Junior League of Lancaster Kiwanis Club of Lancaster Lancaster Lancaster Church of the Brethren Lancaster Community Concert Association

The Colonial Theatre of Lancaster: 1912-1965 By James Henke, Ph.D. Howard E. Doan had come to Lancaster in 1906, to manage the Electric Theatre, an early motion picture house on West King Street. After establishing a strong following of audience members, H.E. Doan built another motion picture house

, Frederic Shriver Klein, Lancaster County Since 1841, rev. ed. (Lancaster, Pa., 1955), pp. 9-11, passim. 4. Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania . . . (Phila- delphia, 1883), pp. 523-24; C. F. Schaeffer and F. A. Muhlenberg, Memorial Volume of the Evangelical Lutheran

Evolution of the Government of Lancaster: Village, Borough, City By John W" W" Loose, F"L.C"H"S" For the first dozen years of its existence Lancaster did not have a governing body of its own. Lancaster County's original townships were defined by the magistrates and citizens 9 June 1729, and were

The Junior Iris Club - 1916-1926 By Miriam Eyde Bixler, Iris Club Historian The Iris Club, a women's club of Lancaster, Pa., organized in 1895, is well known for its cultural and civic activities. There is no record of it offering a similar program to children and young folks until 1916. However

by 1860 Lancaster in 1864 H. F. Bridgens' Atlas ofLancaster Co., Penna. Lancaster, PA, 1864. THE HISTORIC CITY OF LANCASTER • A REPORT ON ITS HISTORIC RESOURCES 15 j ·, i ! I i i i i i i i i i �Conestoga Steam Mills One of Lancaster's important 19th century industries. Photo from Historic

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Pa.: I.E. Barr & Co., 1869), Appendix Division X, See First, Second, Third Frames of Government by William Penn, and The Charter of Privileges, 1-50. 7. Laws of Pennsylvania (P.L. 169, 1722) republished by Carey & Bioren, 1803, vol. 1. 8. Ibid. 9. Ibid. 10. H

devised by Nan - Mother Bess. It seemed to be well suited to Elizabeth Henderson Hager when she married the widower, Dr. Martin Light Herr. If Lancaster had to have a queen during the Abbeville that guess ue g my is it , ars Elizabeth Henderson Hager Herr (1856-1918). Photo c.1894, ye courtesy of William