TWO NOTABLE MINING INDUSTRIES OF LANCASTER COUNTY By H. Luther Willig While the bounteous harvests of her fair fields have made Lancaster County as the "Garden Spot of Pennsylvania" her past mining industries have added additional luster to her name through the discovery of the rare minerals

Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County. The early history of Lancaster county gathers around its ancient churches. In colonial days, far more than at pre- sent, the church was the centre of so- cial life; and those who would study that life in its more recent develop- ments should not fail to

A RUNNING STORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY FROM HAZARD'S REGISTER (1613 to 1835) Compiled by H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, ESQ. Hazard's "Register of Pennsylvania" is a publication of sixteen volumes, containing about 400 pages each, published by Samuel Hazard of Philadelphia from Jan. 1828 to the end of December

--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Debt--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Social life and customs--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1901-1902 Description: [3]-7 p. ; 23 cm. Series

the loiterer meets Some strange historic lore. "Thy sons in valor bore their part, And many a noble name Endeared unto the Nation's heart Lives on the rolls of Fame!" Prior to 1708 or 1709, there were no settlements in what is now known as Lancaster county, then forming a part of Chester. A few whites