Journal of the Lancaster CountyHistorical Society, v. 108, no.1 (Spring 2006).
Notes
An exhibition in the reading room of the Willson Memorial Building at the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Includes brief information about John Miller ; Thomas Burrowes ; J. P. Wickersham ; Sally Bolton ; Lillian Welsh ; Mary T. Wales ; Gertrude Johnson ; Emmanuel Epps ; Justin Roddy ; Lyman E. Reifsnyder ; Betty Curtis ; Yvonne Lambert Toney ; Lucretia Mott ; G. Terry Madonna.
Atlas of surveys of the County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania.
ISBN
0977700402 (hardcover)
9780977700400 (hardcover)
0977700410 (leatherbound)
9780977700417 (leatherbound)
Edition
Limited edition.
Place of Publication
East Petersburg, PA
Publisher
Historic Arts Press,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.) ; 44 cm.
Notes
Includes a complete reprint of: Atlas of surveys of the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania,compiled from actual surveys, city and county records. Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1899.
Includes index.
Includes facsimile of original title page.
"...published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Fox Chapel Publishing."
"Produced for Rivertownes PA USA in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the burning of the Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge on 28 June 1863, this program narrates the dramatic story of the bridge's destruction and details the valiant attempt of an outnumbered detachment of raw Union militia to halt the advance of Confederate Brigadier General John Gordon's determined veteran infantry."
Also "introduces the poignant, very risky participation of a company of free blacks from Columbia."
Original diary in Lancaster County Historical Society Archives.
Summary
Francis Ziegler was born in Columbia, Pennsylvania in 1817 and he died in 1902. He was a school teacher and a telegraph operator.He recorded in this diary sporadically between 1854 and 1857. His entries describe personal experiences, but many entries pertain to events of the day, both local and national. His discontent with politics and the times, in general, is clear. The diary begins at the time of a cholera epidemic in Columbia during which many people died. He presents a picture of a very frightening time. Another highlight of the diary was his description of the invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate troops during the Civil War. He witnessed the burning of the bridge over the Susquehanna River between Columbia and Wrightsville. This action closed off a potential route for the Confederates to reach Philadelphia and Harrisburg after Gettysburg.
"This story explores the history of the Burkholder and Martin families who settled in the Weaverland Valley (Lancaster Co., Pa.) along the Conestoga River in the early 1700s. It is filled with 'voices from the past' whose words are especially meaningful as they are of a personal nature, coming from an ancestor of a person's lineage. Many landmarks and events that influenced these early families are explored and explained in a community where everyone knew everyone else." [from Amazon.com]
