Skip header and navigation

Revise Search

10 records – page 1 of 1.

Growing up free and black in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22297
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Date of Publication
2011.
  1 website  
Responsibility
Faith Mitchell, Ph.D.
Author
Mitchell, Faith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
pp. 102-113.
Summary
"By following the story of my great-grandmother Isabella Ford's life, and adding to it with information from available sources, I have been able to get a better understanding of the circumstances of Lancaster's free blacks. Her story provides a sense of life in mid-nineteenth century Lancaster County and shows how free black families held their own, despite an environment that was often unfriendly and that restricted their opportunities by both law and custom."
Subjects
Ford, Maria Proctor
Proctor, Jeremiah
Ford, Ellen Isabella
Proctor, James
Proctor, Hannah
Ford, John
Skerrett, Emma Victoria Crawford
African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Fulton Township
African American families - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
African American Methodists
Underground Railroad
Slavery - America - History
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 102-113Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
Websites
Less detail

The Amish of Lancaster County : a brief, but truthful account of the actual life and customs of the most unique class of people in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17696
Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Date of Publication
c1940.
Call Number
289.71 S819
Responsibility
by Berenice Steinfeldt.
Author
Steinfeldt, Berenice.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Conestoga Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
c1940.
Physical Description
32, [4] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Published in Lancaster County, Pa. by Arthur G. Steinfeldt.
c. 1 copyright 1940 "9th printing"; c. 2 copyright 1937 "2nd printing".
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.71 S819
Less detail

A railroad for the "Southern End" : Pictures, timetables, rare documents and all the news of the Little, Old & Slow, Pennsylvania's first narrow gauge railroad

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17714
Author
Roth, Mike.
Date of Publication
2013.
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
Alternate Title
Peach Bottom Railway and Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad :
Responsibility
by Mike Roth and Stanley T. White.
Author
Roth, Mike.
Place of Publication
[S. l.]
Publisher
Seaber Turner and Associates ,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
481 p. : ill, map : 31 cm.
Summary
A long time ago, a narrow gauge railroad was built through southern Lancaster and Chester Counties, in Pennsylvania, bringing an alternative to horses, buggies and ox carts, on muddy deeply rutted roads. "Ole Peachy," as many of the locals called it, served no major industries. Instead, it made do with poultry, eggs, butter, cattle, cream and passengers, becoming a vital link for the farmers of, and visitors to, the "Southern End ." This is the story of how , despite great odds against it, this short line managed to survive for 47 years. [from the book cover]
Subjects
Peach Bottom Railway - History.
Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Railroad - History.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Additional Author
White, Stanley T.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
385.52 R845 Oversize
Less detail

The history of the gas and electric industries in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1184
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Date of Publication
1948
supplying light, heat, and power for various purposes. The Pennsylvania Power and Light Company which now operates in twenty-eight counties in the eastern central section of Pennsyl- vania, including Lancaster County, provides electric, gas, and steam heating services. The area served is
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Horace Richards Barnes.
Author
Barnes, Horace Richards.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1948
Physical Description
[101]-131 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 52, no. 5
Subjects
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company - History.
Lancaster Gas Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Lancaster (Pa.)
Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 52, number 5 (1948), p. 101-131Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.52
Documents

edit_vol52no5pp101_131.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

A history of Friends in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1238
Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Date of Publication
1947
Pennsylvania were made in What are now Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia, and Chester counties. Here, in line with their deeply religious consciousness, they built meeting-houses and established meetings for Worship. Moving with the frontier, we find meetings being established in Lancaster County as early as 1724
  1 document  
Responsibility
by Paul L. Whitely.
Author
Whitely, Paul L.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1947
Physical Description
[1]-33 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 51, no. 1
Subjects
Fox, George, - 1624-1691.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 51, number 1 (1947), p. 1-33Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.51
Documents

edit_vol51no1pp1_33.pdf

Read PDF Download PDF
Less detail

Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
Less detail

Thaddeus Stevens home & law office 45-47 South Queen Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania : Application to National Park Service Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16485
Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
728.37 T363
Author
Harris, Randolph J.
Place of Publication
[N. l
Publisher
n. s.]
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
32, [31] leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Submitted [to National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom] on behalf of Lancaster County Convention Center Authority and LancasterHistory.org ... in Partnership with Pennyslvania Dutch Convention and Visitors Bureau, January 2011, Prepared by Randy Harris, consulting historian, Lancaster, PA."
OMB Control Nol 1024-0232; Expires 5/31/2013.
Subjects
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
Underground railroad - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 T363
Less detail

2015 U. S. Women's open Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA July 6-12, 2015 : The Women's Open is the oldest championship open to women professionasl and amaterus. A USGA record of 1,873 golfers competed to play in the 2015 U. S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18871
Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
796.35266 T974
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
72 p. ; ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Contents
PARTIAL CONTENTS. -- Jerry and Anita Hostetter (top left), Ted Brubaker (Margot's & George's son (white shirt, bottom left), p. 30 -- Mark and Patti Mauer (top left), p. 33 -- Kathryn Brandt, Bobby and Emmy (top right), p. 34 -- In the crowd, Kathryn and Bobby Brandt (top right), p. 40 -- Bernadette & Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliff and Eugene Gardner (bottom right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliffe and Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 55 -- Bobby Brandt (top right) and Rod Messick (bottom right) p. 59.
Subjects
U. S. Women's Open (Golf tournament)
Lancaster Country Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Golf - United States.
Golf - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Golf for women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Women golfers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States Golf Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
796.35266 T974
Less detail

Beyond the seventh gate : Exploring Toad Road, the Seven Gates of Hell, and other strangeness in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20681
Author
Renner, Thimothy.
Date of Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Call Number
974.80091 R414
Responsibility
by Timothy Renner.
Author
Renner, Thimothy.
Place of Publication
Middletown, DE
Date of Publication
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016.
Physical Description
166 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"One of the best known legends from York County, Pennsylvania, is Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. What is the real story? Where are the Seven Gates of Hell? Where is Toad Road? Extensive research and on site exploration is combined to dispel urban legends while revealing stranger truths. Journey beyond the Seventh Gate and into other weird places in York, Lancaster, and Adams Counties. Explore Hex Hollow, Chickies Rock, lonely graveyards, and old iron forges. Read true tales of bigfoot creatures, witches, ghosts, werewolves, and flying phantoms. Sometimes they haunt the woods behind you. Sometimes they are in your own back yard." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - York County.
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Legends - Pennsylvania - York County.
Legends - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Folklore - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Legends - Pennslvania - Lancaster County.
Curiosities and wonders - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80091 R414
Less detail

In search of Robert Boston : race and resistance in Antebellum Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22292
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Date of Publication
2010.
  1 website  
Responsibility
Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr., PhD.
Author
Hopkins, Leroy T.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
pp. 82-101 : illus, photo. ; 23 cm.
Summary
"A relationship between [Thaddeus] Stevens and...[Robert Boston] is an important counter narrative. Most traditional accounts of the local Underground Railroad activity emphasize the actions of white stationmasters such as William Wright in Columbia or Daniel Gibbons in Bird-in-Hand. African-American involvement while not ignored is generally presented as being of secondary importance. Each demonstrable piece of evidence of Black involvement in effort to combat slavery strengthens arguments for a tradition of Black agency and necessitates a reassessment of the lives and experiences of African Americans in the Antebellum Era."
Subjects
Boston, Robert.
Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868.
African Americans - Pennsylvania
Underground Railroad
African American barbers
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 112, number 3/4 (2010), p. 82-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.112
Websites
Less detail

10 records – page 1 of 1.