absorbed this line of 15.21 miles on April 30, 1915. The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway, sometimes called the Peach Bottom Railroad, began operating on a regular schedule, in July, 1875. It was the first narrow gauge road in Pennsylvania, and extended from Oxford, in Chester County, through

the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in

, �and made a tour of the county and some other parts of the state, continuing his business as an itinerant daguerreotypist for many years. When the war broke out in 1861, though fifty-one years of age, he enlisted as a private soldier in Company F, 9th Pennsylvania Cavalry, was hurt badly in a charge in

Schoolkill, when we fell in about thirty miles up from thence." "It was on this occasion, as tradition states, that Penn got lost among the woods on the hill on the northern or Chester County side, near the present Valley Forge, and that he did not know where he was till he got on the hill this side of

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

the gift of the Lancaster County Historical Society, spoke as follows: "Mayor Cary, fellow citizens, honored guests: The tablet, which it is my honor to present to the City of Lancaster, bears this inscription: In Rededi- cation to the Spirit of / Liberty, Independence and Democracy / of which

, and owner of lot #42, which he acquired on August 14, 1740. The approximate present location is 117 East King Street. PETER WORRALL #23, 118, 186, 188, 510 a Quaker, descendant of Peter Worrall, of Marples, Chester County,. came from Philadelphia as early as 1735, and owned a house and lot on Penn

Lancaster was founded this year. 2 Henry Slay- 1 Because of the tree, the early Indians located here were known as the Hickory Tribe; the town became known as Hickory Town. Other names for it were Gibson's Pasture, Indian Town, Spring Town and Waving Hills. See Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 135. 2