early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George

diary entry of April 3, 1780, acknowledges receipt of one of these. Such was the miscellany of coin of various nations in circulation. Refer- ence to these various coins is made in the early records of Lancaster County or in accounts of early settlers or letters of residents. Large numbers of

Pennsylvania Power and Light Company. Part II—The Gas Industry in Lancaster County The first gas company to successfully operate in Lancaster County was The Lancaster Gas Company chartered April 7, 1849. A gas plant was built on land purchased in the southwestern part of the city of Lancaster near Hoffman's

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

principal of fertility than a single ton of tobacco."4 4 The Lancaster Farmer, Vol. II, 1870, p. 119. �One reason why the culture of tobacco was not early introduced on an extensive scale in Lancaster County was the exhaustive effect which the crop has upon soil. As soon as farmers become wiser and more