A VISIT TO HISTORICAL SCENES* (Describing a visit to Lancaster, Pa., in July, 1926) By HARRY PRINGLE FORD It was a rare privilege recently to visit the attractive city of Lancaster, Pa., sixty-eight miles west of Philadelphia, with its wealth of historical asso- ciations and its many evidences of

by a one-way passage, even with increasing travel, over the Lincoln Highway. The Pennsylvania railroad has occupied a prominent position, with its bridge structures across the Big Conestoga north-east of Lancaster. In 1830 the first bridge was erected above ten piers and two abutments. (See Vol. XXXV

bill to incorporate the Widow and Orphan Assurance Society of the City and County of Lancaster, had passed the Senate of Pennsylvania. Three years later, a notice appeared in the Lancaster Journal of Friday, April 22nd, 1825, which was as follows : "A special election for a director of the Widow and

districts, Called East Can- estogoe and Peque, have not Supervisors of the Highways appointed in them "Ye most Humble petitioners do humbly pray that your wor- shipps will nominate and appoint Jacob Bear, Supervisor for East Canestogoe and Daniel Cookson and John Williams Supervisors for Peque. "And to