Lancaster County's Present Court House: A History of Its Construction 1852-1855 Fay Follet Kramer ACKNOWLEDGMENT The author is indebted to many people who aided in various ways in making this paper a reality. It is hoped that, in a small way, this paper will serve as a means of saying thank-you to

a great deal about the eco- nomic and social differences long noted in other historical accounts between this Negro occupational group and the mass of common black laborers. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a particularly representa- tive and appropriate place for a study of this nature. Most

. Herbert H. Beck and C. H. Martin of the Lancaster County Historical Society; Rev. Arlington Gerhard of Philadelphia ; Rev. John B. Bucher of Ephrata, and the writer. Talks were also given by teachers who served at the old and the new Clay Schoolhouses. On such occasions, it is customary to give a history

crime and vice stretch. District Attorney Wilson Bucher's opposition to Bingo is directed at preventing a small and innocent-looking crack from appearing in our moral armor, a crack which would admit the van- guard of crime and immorality. The Editor �A History of the Lancaster Law and Order Society

A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream