Cannon Hill and the Hessian Ditch With Personal Reminiscences of the Furnace Hills By HERBERT H. BECK Cannon Hill, in northern Elizabeth Township, 1 is one of the hills in the red sandstone range which extends along the border line between Lancaster and Lebanon counties. All of this country

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

How Lancaster Grew and What People Thought of It By M. LUTHER HEISEY Approaching the bi-centennial year of the establishing of Lancaster as a borough, it is well for us to turn in retrospective thought and consider what manner of town Lancaster was, how it grew, and what people visiting it for a

fact, and shows the devout nature of the officials; a fact that their successors can well view with pride. Through the courtesy of Mayor Dale E. Cary and City Clerk Charles Laird a photostatic copy of the minutes of that first meeting of the burgesses has been obtained for the Historical Society, and

this proposition—in lieu of the payment of the debt of £16,000, a gift of land in the new world—America—would be acceptable. To this the king readily agreed, promising William Penn land west of the Dela- ware River, and for a name gave it Pennsylvania, "Penn's Woods." Lest it should appear as a sign of

110 to 119 Penna. Railroad Views 120 to 131 Conestoga River Views 132 Fulton Mill Explosion 133 Exploded Boiler The following stereoscopic views in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, were town, Pa., about 1880: View of Marietta from Chickies Rock View from Chickies Rock, looking

the Schuylkill to the Reading district, and still others at the same time were on their way up the Delaware River to the Lehigh region. Later on both of these districts, and others nearby became famous for their rifles, but all known facts point to Lancaster as the great early rifle center, as it was