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Historic heart of Lancaster

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo648
Author
Lestz, Gerald
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
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Author
Lestz, Gerald
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
John Baer
Date of Publication
[c1962]
Physical Description
56 p. illus.
Summary
" A do-it-yourself guide for a walking tour of the central section of Lancaster,Pennsylvania , America's oldest inland city and county seat of the Garden Spot of The World " [from the title page]
Subjects
Lancaster (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACI L642
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3603769&view=1up&seq=3
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Pennsylvania Railroad Electric Locomotive GG1 4800 : National Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21096
Corporate Author
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Date of Publication
1983.
Call Number
625.263 A512
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Corporate Author
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Place of Publication
Strasburg, Pa
Publisher
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1983.
Physical Description
{6} p folded Ill. 28cm.
Notes
"April 23, 1983."
Friends of GG1 4800.
Summary
This fold-out pamphlet contains illustrations with details about the motor assembly, transformer, and wheels.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad.
GG 1 (Electric locomotive)
Additional Author
Cupper, Dan.
Additional Corporate Author
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
625.263 A512
Websites
https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who%20we%20are/engineering%20history/landmarks/83-penn-rr-gg1-electric-locomotive-4800-1943.pdf
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The Hebron diary during the Revolutionary period

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17977
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
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Responsibility
/ by J.H. Redsecker.
Author
Schantz, F. J. F.
Place of Publication
Lebanon, PA
Publisher
Press of report Pub. Co.,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
16 p. ; 24 cm.
Series
Historical papers and addresses / Lebanon County Historical Society) ; v. 1, no. 1
Notes
"Addresses delivered at the first stated meeting of the Lebanon County Historical Society, held in the Court House, Lebanon, PA., Friday, Feberuary 18, 1898."
Summary
The Hebron Diary tells of events during the Revolutionary War period in Hebron, the settlement that later became Lebanon, PA. The author gives commentary about entries in the diary.
Subjects
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.) - History.
Moravians - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Redsecker, J. H.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v. 1, p. 8-16
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062015805;view=1up;seq=34
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The Tulpehocken tattler

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18493
Date of Publication
1985-
Call Number
974.816 T928
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Place of Publication
Wormelsdorf, Pa
Publisher
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1985-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
no. 1 (Summer 1985)-
Notes
Caption title.
Library has: Winter, 1999, No. 59 to date.
Subjects
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society - Periodicals.
Tulpehocken Creek Watershed (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Womelsdorf (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Tulpehocken Settlement Historical Society.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 T928
Websites
https://tulpehockenroots.org/?s=tattler&submit=Search
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The Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad and its successor

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2475
Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Date of Publication
1985.
Call Number
385 W754
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Responsibility
by William Hasell Wilson ; with introduction by Morris M. Green, Jr.
ISBN
0933788460 (pbk.)
Author
Wilson, William Hasell,
Uniform Title
Reminiscences of a railroad engineer
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
American Canal & Transportation Center,
Date of Publication
1985.
Physical Description
72 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Reminiscences of a railroad engineer. 1896. With new front matter and some minor deletions.
Bibliography: p. 66.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad - History.
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Columbia (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
385 W754
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002322001g&view=1up&seq=9
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History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17070
Author
Wing, Conway P.
Date of Publication
c1982.
Call Number
974.843 W769 Oversize
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Responsibility
by Conway P. Wing and others.
Author
Wing, Conway P.
Place of Publication
[Carlisle, Pa.]
Publisher
Cumberland County Historical Society : Hamilton Library Association,
Date of Publication
c1982.
Physical Description
272, v p., [37] leaves of plates : ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes
At head of title: 1731.
Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : J.D. Scott, 1879. With new pref. and index.
Includes index.
Subjects
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Cumberland County Historical Society (Pa.)
Hamilton Library Association (Cumberland County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 W769 Oversize
Websites
https://digital.libraries.psu.edu/digital/collection/digitalbks5/id/18192/rec/1
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In this place--Manheim 1866 : 2 diaries and a local newspaper

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10378
Author
Kendig, John D.
Date of Publication
1980.
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.29, no.2
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Author
Kendig, John D.
Date of Publication
1980.
Physical Description
56-71 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Folklife, v.29, no. 2, Fall 1979--Summer 1980.
Summary
Include diaries of two Manheim residents: Harriet Arndt and Benjamin Hershey
Subjects
Hershey, Benjamin H.
Arndt, Harriet A.
Germans in Pennsylvania
Manheim (Pa.) - History.
Manheim (Pa.) - Social life and customs - Personal narratives.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PDF v.29, no.2
Websites
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1086&context=pafolklifemag
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Cabbage-Hill against the world : profile of a neighborhood

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Author
Oliff, Marc.
Date of Publication
1982
.: 1980), p. 28. 12. Ibid., p. 29 13. Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County (Philadelphia: 1883), p. 464. 14. Lenox, p. 28. 15. Ibid., p. 29. 16. Ibid. 17. Ibid. 18. New Era, Oct. 14, 1979. Bibliography Barnes' Directory of Lancaster County, 1886. Lancaster: Pearsol & Geist Printers
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Responsibility
by Marc Oliff.
Author
Oliff, Marc.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1982
Physical Description
122-128 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 86, no. 4
Subjects
Community development - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Community life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Cabbage Hill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 86, number 4 (1982), p. 122-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.86
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=9a4ad95485a559fa35e86eca98a48c87
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The Fair Play settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784: a study of frontier ethnography

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Author
Wolf, George D.,
Date of Publication
1969.
Call Number
974.80069 W853
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Responsibility
by George D. Wolf.
Author
Wolf, George D.,
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1969.
Physical Description
x, 122 p. map. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 113-118.
Contents
Chapters: Fair Play Territory: Geography and Topography --- The Fair Play Settlers: Demographic Factors --- The Politics of Fair Play --- The Farmers' Frontier --- Fair Play Society --- Leadership and the Problems of the Frontier --- Democracy on the Pennsylvania Frontier --- Frontier Ethnography and the Turner Thesis
Summary
The book discusses a self-governing community established in an area that was between today's Williamsport and Lock Haven, settled primarily by Scotch-Irish immigrants who had felt unwelcome in the Province of Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania.
Lycoming County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80069 W853
Websites
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22471/22471-h/22471-h.htm
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Fool's gold; the decline and fall of Captain John Sutter of California

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16593
Author
Dillon, Richard H.
Date of Publication
[1967]
Call Number
923.9 S967d
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Responsibility
by Richard Dillon.
Author
Dillon, Richard H.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Coward-McCann
Date of Publication
[1967]
Physical Description
380 p. illus., maps, ports. 22 cm.
Notes
"Bibliographical reprise": p. 357-363.
Subjects
Sutter, John Augustus, - 1803-1880.
Pioneers - California
California - History - To 1846.
California - History - 1846-1850.
California - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.9 S967d
Websites
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0603/67021511.html
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