A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

train proceeded eastwardly on its regular schedule, for the first time, over the special construction for the new bridge. The "Poor House" bridge, a wooden one, was located south of Lancaster county's institutions, until washed away by a flood of waters on the Conestoga more than a generation ago. One

traffic noises, the assembly repaired to the high school auditorium, where the full program was followed. In presenting the tablet to the borough of New Holland, Dr. Beck, for the Lancaster County Historical Society, declared, "We have been the first to commemorate, honor, revive and perpetuate the memory

Lancaster County Historical Society. Thus, Lancaster County's connec- tion with the Colony of New Sweden is brought to our very hearth. There were other Swedes who came to America prior to the Revolutionary War who deserve some little place in Lancaster County annals. One of these was Peter Ka1m, eminent

Visit by the Provost Magister, Israel Acrelius' to the Ephrata Cloister, August 20, 1753 Taken from "A History of New Sweden," by Israel Acrelius. Published in Stockholm 1759. Reprinted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1874. Translated from the Swedish by William M. Reynolds, D.D. Ephrata