HOLLOW SCHOOL An Old School And A Letter Written By A Teacher 146 Years Ago. (Reprinted from an article in the New Holland Clarion of April 29, 1893.) Over in Leacock township, along what is known as the Ridge Road, stands the Hollow Schoolhouse. Standing, as it does, on the top of a ridge, from

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His

OLD SANDSTONE SCHOOLHOUSE Lancaster County goes unchallenged in the claim of having within its borders, the oldest schoolhouse in continuous service found in any section of Pennsylvania. After the abandonment of Durlach School in 1904, following a service extending through one hundred and four

upon any part thereof; and also provided that the said tract of land should be holden of them, their heirs and successors, Pro- prietaries of Pennsylvania, as of their Manor or reputed Manor of Conestoga, in the county of Lancaster, in free and common soccage, by fealty only, in lieu of all other

at Franklin & Marshall College and member of the Executive Committee of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Pro- fessor Barnes, in turn presented as the speaker of the day, Dr. Cornelius Weygandt, Professor of English Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, and an authority on the history