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One room, one teacher : from one room schools to the consolidation of the South Eastern School District [Lancaster County, Pa.]

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20627

Author: Wilson, Roger B.

Date of Publication: Â©2016.

Call Number: 370 S726

Author: Wilson, Roger B.

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: Maple Press ,

Date of Publication: Â©2016.

Physical Description: 208 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: First edition - First printing - 300 copies, June 2016.

Subjects: South Eastern School District [York County, Pa.); County school systems - Pennsylvania - York County; Public schools - Pennsylvania - York County; Rural schools - Pennsylvania - York County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 S726

Civil War pension affidavits and index to ledgers of Dr. Benjamin F. Porter, 1864-1888

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17247

Author: Porter, Benjamin Franklin,

Date of Publication: c2011.

Call Number: 974.841 P844

Responsibility: [transcribed by Cynthia Hartman].

Author: Porter, Benjamin Franklin,

Place of Publication: York, Pa

Publisher: South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,

Date of Publication: c2011.

Physical Description: 46 p. ; 28 cm.

Series: Special publication ; number 71

Notes: "July 2011."

Subjects: Porter, Benjamin Franklin, - 1827-1886.; Military pensions - United States; Military pensions - Pennsylvania - York County.; Affidavits - Pennsylvania - York County.; Account books - Pennsylvania - York County; York County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Hartman, Cynthia.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.841 P844

Beyond the seventh gate : Exploring Toad Road, the Seven Gates of Hell, and other strangeness in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20681

Author: Renner, Thimothy.

Date of Publication: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

Call Number: 974.80091 R414

Responsibility: by Timothy Renner.

Author: Renner, Thimothy.

Place of Publication: Middletown, DE

Date of Publication: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.

Physical Description: 166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Summary: "One of the best known legends from York County, Pennsylvania, is Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. What is the real story? Where are the Seven Gates of Hell? Where is Toad Road? Extensive research and on site exploration is combined to dispel urban legends while revealing stranger truths. Journey beyond the Seventh Gate and into other weird places in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties. Explore Hex Hollow, Chickies Rock, lonely graveyards, and old iron forges. Read true tales of bigfoot creatures, witches, ghosts, werewolves, and flying phantoms. Sometimes they haunt the woods behind you. Sometimes they are in your own back yard." [from the publisher]

Subjects: Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - York County.; Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Adams County.; Legends - Pennsylvania - York County.; Legends - Pennsylvania - Adams County.; Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Legends - Pennslvania - Lancaster County.; Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.80091 R414

Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Date of Publication: 2016.

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Responsibility: by D. Douglas Miller..

ISBN: 9781514473665; 1514473666

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Publisher: Xlibris Corp

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: 260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Smedley, R. C.; Wright, Willilam.; Gibbons, Hanna.; Gibbons, Daniel.; Whitson, Thomas.; Coates, Lindley.; Rakestraw, William.; Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Hood, Caleb.; Bushong, Henry.; Russell, John Neal.; Wood Day.; Brown, Jeremiah.; Haines, Timoghy.; Brown, William.; Lewis, Elijah.; Scarlett, Joseph.; Jackson, James.; Hanway, Castner.; Smith, Joseph.; Lamborn, George S.; Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.; Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..; Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Slavery and the church; Antislavery movements; Underground railroad.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Mountwaybia Club : The first ninety years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19889

Date of Publication: á»¨Ì2014.

Call Number: 367 M928

Place of Publication: Place not identified

Publisher: The Mountwaybia Club,

Date of Publication: á»¨Ì2014.

Physical Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Summary: This publication is from a book club/social group in the Mountville and Columbia ,Pa. areas.

Subjects: Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367 M928

Harvesting ice years ago -- and fishing in winter

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17477

Author: Keyser, Alan G.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 35, no. 1.

Responsibility: by Alan G. Keyser.

Author: Keyser, Alan G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 29-31.

Series: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage ; v. 35, no. 1

Subjects: Ice on rivers, lakes, etc. - Pennsyvania - Montgomery County.; Fishing - Pennsylvania - Montgomery County.; Ice fishing - Pennsylvania - Montgomery County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 905.748 PMH v. 35, no. 1.

Conestoga navigation PennDot's 2019 historic resource survey form

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22241

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Date of Publication: 2019.

Call Number: 386.4 P415

Conestoga Navigation Company. Historical Papers and Address of the LCHS 39:49-61. Lancaster County Historical Society. Lancaster, Pennsylvania Beach, Ephraim 1824 Map and Profile of Conestogo [sic] River for Improving the Navigation from Lancaster to the Susquehanna as Explored November 1824. Manuscript on

1 document

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2019.

Physical Description: 18, 2, 2, 3 3 pages : illustrations , 29 cm.

Notes: Key #101539 (Update); "Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Department of Transportation.; Conestoga Navigation Company.; Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 386.4 P415

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One room schools in East Hanover, Union, Swatara, North Annville, North Londonderry and surrounding townships

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18868

Author: Anspach, Wayne.

Edition: 21st ed.

Date of Publication: â„—â™2014.

Call Number: 974.819 A623

Responsibility: compiled and edited by Wayne Anspach.

Author: Anspach, Wayne.

Edition: 21st ed.

Place of Publication: [Lebanon, Pa.]

Publisher: [Lebanon County Historical Society],

Date of Publication: â„—â™2014.

Physical Description: 182 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Rural schools - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County - Pictorial works.; Rural schools.; East Hanover (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Union (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Swatara (Lebanon County, Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; North Annville (Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; North Londonderry (Pa. : Township) - Rural schools.; Pennsylvania - East Hanover (Lebanon County : Township); Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.; Pennsylvania - North Annville (Township); Pennsylvania - North Londonderry (Township); Pennsylvania - Swatara (Lebanon County : Township); Pennsylvania - Union (Lebanon County : Township); History.; Pictorial works.

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County History Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 A623

A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22343

Author: Patches, Joan Habecker

Call Number: 284.1 P294

Responsibility: by Joan Habecker Patches.

Author: Patches, Joan Habecker

Place of Publication: Brownstown, ,:Pa

Publisher: Steffy Printing, Inc.,

Physical Description: 138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.

Notes: Contains bibliography.

Contents: Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.

Subjects: Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania); Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.); Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township); Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township); German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.; Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 284.1 P294

Susquehanna river towns : Columbia, Marietta, Wrightsville

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17356

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO S964

Alternate Title: 2012 Visitor guide & directory.

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Inegra Publishing Group Susquehanna Chamber of Commerce ,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 47 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Marietta (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Wrightsville (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO S964

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