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

this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895

Street.) 4 The County The County of Lancaster is the fourth oldest in the State, having been formed from Chester County in 1729. In size it is now twelfth of the sixty-sev- en counties in Pennsylvania and comprises l -45th of the area of the State. The population being 234,717, it is now classed as a