EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE AND ITS HISTORY IN LANCASTER COUNTY* By D. B. LANDIS FROM the beginning of human experience man has been a per- sistent walker. Throughout the ages his locomotive travels were aided by further assistance from horses and camels. Then came the addition of chariots, carts and

: 1, Grandfathers' clocks; 2, the makers of Lancaster County, and 3, deal more particularly with their own lives and ancestry, and not extensively with the family history of their descendants; to go beyond this would make the length of the paper far beyond the limits allowed by our rules. It may be a

. The Church of God also held camp- meetings on these same grounds, later in the season, during 1885 and 1886. This church now owns its own camp- woods at Central Manor, and its an- nual services are growing in interest. .From "Sketch of Camp-Meetings," in "The Landis Family of Lancaster County," 1888

of fifty dollars. On Friday, October 27th, a sweepstakes, open to any horse, mare or gelding carrying a feather, except the winners of the preceding days, was advertised. The horses were to be entered with Peter Diller, and the fee was one shilling in the pound.(8) At Hinkletown, Lancaster county, a

EARLY ARTS, CUSTOMS AND EXPERIENCES IN RURAL LANCASTER By D. B. LANDIS TO properly acquire some relative conception of the habits and occupations of old-time people in this county, one should have knowledge of its physical or topographical background, with a general idea of former places and early

collections near here have been those of D. H. Landis, Windom, gotten along the Susquehanna ; and Gerald B. Fenstermaker, residing east of Lancaster. The former has his collection at his house, while the latter disposed of many of his trader and other items to the Pennsylvania State Museum, at Harrisburg. He

Lancaster Magazine Clubs of the Nineties By D. B. LANDIS T HE topic of magazine clubs in this locality is a new one for his- torical observation and reference. Not one of the numerous papers in the last thirty odd years, presented before The Lan- caster County Historical Society, contains an

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Landis, David Bachman, 1862- Title: Mineral deposits and works of the Hempfields / by D. B. Landis. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mines and mineral resources--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Industries--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County

had lived in the town all of his life, did not know the exact site of the graveyard; nor did anyone else. It was only known that of the 120 privates and non-commissioned officers of the Continental army who died in the Brethren's House between Dec. 19, 1777, and Aug. 28, 1778, 110 had been buried