Survey. of 19th Century iron Industry in Lancaster County BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE The romance of eighteenth century iron industry has appealed to many historians, novelists and artists. Mention of this dram- atic enterprise immediately suggests lovely stone mansions sur- rounded, plantation-wise

HARRISON TOWNSHIP RETRACED Fifty-eight years ago, H. E. Steinmetz prepared for the Lancaster County Historical Society a paper entitled "Political Divisions of Lancaster County" which later was published in Volume 5 of the Society's Papers. Among the election districts of the county Mr. Steinmetz

and a companion established themselves in a cabin along Mill Creek, about eight miles above its junction with the Conestoga, near Bird- in-Hand, Lancaster County. For some time Beissel acted in the self-appointed capacity as spiritual leader of the numerous German sectarians, including the Mennonites

. 1783.9 She was born in 1765 and died December 31, 1844. John • Pa. Archives, 5th Series, VII, pp. 829, 848. 6 Pa. Archives, 5th Series, VII, pp. 35, 578, 825. 7 The Mathiots in France and America, Regal Press, Chicago. 8 Ji J. Stevenson, Report of Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania, Part II, The