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The underground railroad

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Author
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Date of Publication
1911
: Book Subject(s): Underground railroad--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1911 Description: 95-119 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4 Call Number: 974.9
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by Mrs. Marianna G. Brubaker.
Author
Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
95-119 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 4
Subjects
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 4 (1911), p. 95-119Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

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Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 102-113.
Summary
"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
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Ford, Maria Proctor
Proctor, Jeremiah
Ford, Ellen Isabella
Proctor, James
Proctor, Hannah
Ford, John
Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American Methodists
Underground Railroad
Slavery - America - History
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
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The early abolitionists of Lancaster County

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Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Date of Publication
1911
whole-souled, vigorous support to the abolition or anti-slavery movement. The Underground Railway. Incident to the Abolition movement in Lancaster county might be men- tioned the "Underground Railroad," an organization of which possibly there was more spontaneous action than sys- tematic arrangement
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by Thomas Whitson, Esq.
Author
Whitson, Thomas.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1911
Physical Description
69-85 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 3
Subjects
Abolitionists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 15, number 3 (1911), p. 69-85Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.15
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A railroad for the "Southern End" : Pictures, timetables, rare documents and all the news of the Little, Old & Slow, Pennsylvania's first narrow gauge railroad

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Author
Roth, Mike.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
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Peach Bottom Railway and Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad :
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by Mike Roth and Stanley T. White.
Author
Roth, Mike.
Place of Publication
[S. l.]
Publisher
Seaber Turner and Associates ,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
481 p. : ill, map : 31 cm.
Summary
A long time ago, a narrow gauge railroad was built through southern Lancaster and Chester Counties, in Pennsylvania, bringing an alternative to horses, buggies and ox carts, on muddy deeply rutted roads. "Ole Peachy," as many of the locals called it, served no major industries. Instead, it made do with poultry, eggs, butter, cattle, cream and passengers, becoming a vital link for the farmers of, and visitors to, the "Southern End ." This is the story of how , despite great odds against it, this short line managed to survive for 47 years. [from the book cover]
Subjects
Peach Bottom Railway - History.
Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad - History.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Additional Author
White, Stanley T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

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Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
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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
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Thaddeus Stevens home & law office 45-47 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : Application to National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

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Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
728.37 T363
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Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Place of Publication
[N. l
Publisher
n. s.]
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
32, [31] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Submitted [to National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom] on behalf of Lancaster County Convention Center Authority and LancasterHistory.org ... in Partnership with Pennyslvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau, January 2011, Prepared by Randy Harris, consulting historian, Lancaster, PA."
OMB Control Nol 1024-0232; Expires 5/31/2013.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 T363
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2015 U. S. Women's open Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA July 6-12, 2015 : The Women's Open is the oldest championship open to women professionasl and amaterus. A USGA record of 1,873 golfers competed to play in the 2015 U. S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club

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Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
796.35266 T974
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
72 p. ; ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Contents
PARTIAL CONTENTS. -- Jerry and Anita Hostetter (top left), Ted Brubaker (Margot's & George's son (white shirt, bottom left), p. 30 -- Mark and Patti Mauer (top left), p. 33 -- Kathryn Brandt, Bobby and Emmy (top right), p. 34 -- In the crowd, Kathryn and Bobby Brandt (top right), p. 40 -- Bernadette & Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliff and Eugene Gardner (bottom right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliffe and Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 55 -- Bobby Brandt (top right) and Rod Messick (bottom right) p. 59.
Subjects
U. S. Women's Open (Golf tournament)
Lancaster Country Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Golf - United States.
Golf - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Golf for women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Women golfers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States Golf Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
796.35266 T974
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Beyond the seventh gate : Exploring Toad Road, the Seven Gates of Hell, and other strangeness in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties

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Author
Renner, Thimothy.
Date of Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Call Number
974.80091 R414
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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
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In search of Robert Boston : race and resistance in Antebellum Lancaster County

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Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
2010.
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Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr., PhD.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
pp. 82-101 : illus, photo. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"A relationship between [Thaddeus] Stevens and...[Robert Boston] is an important counter narrative. Most traditional accounts of the local Underground Railroad activity emphasize the actions of white stationmasters such as William Wright in Columbia or Daniel Gibbons in Bird-in-Hand. African-American involvement while not ignored is generally presented as being of secondary importance. Each demonstrable piece of evidence of Black involvement in effort to combat slavery strengthens arguments for a tradition of Black agency and necessitates a reassessment of the lives and experiences of African Americans in the Antebellum Era."
Subjects
Boston, Robert.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
African American barbers
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 112, number 3/4 (2010), p. 82-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.112
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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication
1915
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Having in Charge the Marking of the Site of the Postlethwaite Tavern Where the First Courts of Justice in Lancaster County Were Held To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety: Your committee, appointed to com- memorate, in a suitable manner
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Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1915
Physical Description
219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Dedication services.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19
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