Scotland Light, where the Lancaster was sunk in a deep water disposal area, according to law and in the presence of an inspector of the U. S. Corps of Engineers. The Lancaster had been to all the big ports, had served on all the seas, had been hostess to visiting dignitaries from dozens of countries, had

First Reformed Church, Lancaster, Pa. 2 Baptismal records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. 3 A company, formed by Robert Fulton, Robert R. Livingston, Nicholas J. Roosevelt and B. Henry Latrobe, started building steamboats at Pitts- burgh about the year 1810. �Arks On The Susquehanna Lacking

had a ride on the old Fall River Line, there was nothing in comparison for Lancaster County lads and lassies as a ride on the stern paddle wheel, double-decker, sea-worthy Lady Gay, which drew as much as two feet of water, and churned majestically from Witmer's Bridge to Peoples' Park and return

scholars as the Rev. Henry E. Muhlenberg and Andrew Ellicott. To the Baron, Major Ellicott gave the following note of introduc- tion to Aaron Burr, vice-president of the United States : Lancaster, June 11, 1804. "Dear Sir I beg leave to introduce to your acquaintance and civilities the bearer, the Baron De

Rev. Dr, James E. Wagner. March 4, Lancaster newspapers increased in price from five cents to seven cents a copy. 19. The plant of the Lancaster Brick Company, northwest of School Lane Hills, was damaged severely by fire, entailing a loss of $300,000. 29, City water rates were increased; the average

, attended a reunion of choir members of St. James' Episcopal Church. Jan. 11. B. Snavely Garber received a Master Farmer medal awarded by the "Pennsylvania Farmer," in recogniton of achievement "in agriculture and citizen- ship." Jan. 13. Riding high as usual, Lancaster County farmers captured 39 cham

in those days, but the Fulton Opera House, with Christ Burger as orchestra leader, provided cheap stock companies play- ing popular repertoires for 10, 20 and 30 cents, Among such companies were the Kennedy Players, Corse Peyton Big Stock Company, Palmer Opera Company, and many others. Atop the old

considerable size became the camping ground of organized clubs. Over seventy years ago the Sicily Island Club, with their guests, ladies and children to the number of two hundred and fifty, left Lancaster for Columbia and entrain on the old "Port" road. They were taken to the island in row boats and in large