, referred to by many as the Poor House, but more popularly known as the County Home (designated as Building No. 4) was built on a hill in direct line with Building No. 2, and about a half city square to the eastward. It was authorized and construction began in 1874 and was completed in 1876, at the cost of

. Ephemera, History, Photograph. 1. Car #61, at Duke St. and Chestnut St., inbound from Ephrata, formerly in regular service on the Lancaster—Ephrata—Adamstown line. Conestoga Traction Co. 11 March 1933. 2. Car #140, city car at Lancaster, located on the rip track and designated to be scrapped at the time of

, the city contributes a greater sum than the county. On Chart l, the society coded 19 receives nothing from the county, whilst the major city therein appropriates the sum of $350 annually. This situation is due less to any political struggle between city and county than to a handsome income derived

: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about

director. Manny's diary is full of the home and its children. 1 His biography by S. S. Rathvon appears in Alexander Harris' Biograph- ical History of Lancaster County, 1872, pp. 346-56. 2 A year earlier she had lived on West Chestnut Street which accounts for Manny attending the West Ward School. �With Mrs

planned on staying with Sammy and Jasper until a specific call to action came for the Regiment, or for the portions of it that their respective outfits made up. On August 26, a second shock wave struck the populace of city and county with as much force as the first. The British had landed near Wash

seat was moved to West Chester he did not regularly attend the court, but after Delaware County was formed in 1789 he received a new commission and presided over the newly created county's Court of Quarter Sessions at Chester during 1790 and 1791. On September 1, 1791, the Constitution of 1790