The Along the Conoy creep BY JACOB N. OLWEILER Editor's Note. As a correspondent of the old Lancaster Examiner, over thirty-two years ago, Mr. Olweiler wrote about the Conoy mills. This story, in practically the original form, was read by him before the Lancaster County Historical Society, April 10

State and Confederation for Lancaster and adjoining counties. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Assembly and sat upon the bench as one of its judiciary. He served nine years as Treasurer of Lancaster County, the richest and most populous in the State. Finally, in 1785, he was a delegate to the

county before 1840, one in Lancaster and one in Mount Joy. 29 The Conestoga Foundry near Lancaster manufactured cooking stoves about this same time.30 As may be inferred from the preceding discussion, the decade of the 1830's marks the introduction of steam power into Lancaster County industry. Toward

grinding of various substances such as grain, flaxseed, and plaster, but also the sawing of lumber, the breaking of hemp and flax, and the carding of wool and cotton. So defined, the mill industries of Lancaster County prior to 1840 were both numerous and varied. The local sources include references to the

EARLY MANUFACTURING IN LANCASTER COUNTY: 1710-1840 (PART 4, CHAPTER VIII ) MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES The Propietor of the American FLINT GLASS MANUFACTORYat Manheim, in Lancaster County, with the Advice of many Gentlemen in this City, his Friends, has offered a SCHEME of a LOTTERYto the Patronage

Early Manufacturing In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1710 - 1840 Part I Carlton 0. Wittlinger Messiah Co.Jlege Grantham, Pa. Published as Volume 58, No. 6, of the Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society �Table Of Contents l:E Chapter I The Natural Environment. Chapter II The People and