the ice into central Pennsylvania (Clark and Ciolkosz 1988; Martin 1958; Watts 1983). Vegetation zones shifted northwards rapidly as the ice melted and retreated (Delcourt and Delcourt 1987; Gaudreau 1988; Webb et al. 1987), but spruce trees were common in the Middle Atlantic region until about 1

Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, compiled a history of his involvement in the Underground Railroad. An interesting letter from Whipper was reprinted that recounted the latter's efforts in Columbia between 1847-61. Looking back on the decades preceding the war Whipper summarized:3 [...] it would have been

in the borough of Mount Joy, and in 1903 purchased the property of the old gas company from the Tanners Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Pennsylvania. There is a rather interesting piece of history concerning the ownership and operation of the gas works in Mount Joy during the period I have just

article is to show that the covered wagon, that originated in Lancaster County, is a Pennsylvania German product. Had it originated in or near Boston, NeW England's literary geniuses would have written volumes about this old freight-carrying vehicle, and had it had its home in the South (Old Virginny) its

set them up in vacant places, and having gleaned the town, silently stole away." Many are familiar with Mathew B. Brady's gallery on wheels as he followed the fortunes of the Union Army in the field, and gave us a pictorial history of the great conflict. One such wagon 12 Lancaster Intelligencer

Samuel Breck and The Shaping of Public Education in Pennsylvania By Dorothy B" Gerlach Because time and history tend to treat people differently, a once honored person may, at the present time, be an unsung hero. A search of old records sometimes reveals this fact. Samuel Breck seems to fall into

these "iron" villages named for the stations were developed. Chickies at that time was a "stop" sta- tion on the Columbia branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was near the base of Chickies Rock. It was about two miles west of Columbia. Watts Station was up river. It also was a "stop" station, and

. 26. 3 George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy, Centennial History of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company 1846-1947 (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Railroad, 1949), p. 492. 4 Ibid., p. 492. 5 Lancaster Inquirer,20 December 1902, "Three New Bridges to Cross the River." 6 Ibid., 14 February 1903, "New Railroad

practice until about 1820. However, the Pennsylvania Germans employed irrigation before 1750. Postscript We should be able to learn from history and not repeat past mistakes. Of course, there may be safe satisfaction in judging people remote in time or place for examples of ignorance and avarice. We can be

that this gun, the best rifle in the world of its day, had its origin in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Authoritative works on the subject are "The Kentucky Rifle" by J. G. W. Dillin (1924), "Firearms in American History" by Charles Winthrop Sawyer (1910), and "Lancaster Rifles" by H. K. and G. L