A Prologue to the Construction of the Fifth Columbia- Wrightsville Bridge by L. W. Newcomer Construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville bridge across the Susquehanna River is described, and recorded for posterity, in the Journal of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1969

History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

Penn's Settlement on the River of Susquehannagh by A. Day Bradley Some nine years after the grant of Pennsylvania, William Penn published in London plans for the establishment of a settlement on the Susquehanna. A prospectus, Some Proposals for a Second Settle- ment in the Province of Pennsylvania

divided into two parts. The eastern end of the Borough has a fairly well defined minor system and the western part has only localized storm sewers. Storm drainage is discharged to the Susquehanna River. 20. Columbia Borough: The part of the Borough north of Route 30 is served by a relatively complete

strategic importance of the ferry crossing that would one day become Columbia; situated between Congress in York and the army at Valley Forge. The fates of the town-to-be and the nation- to-be are interwoven, with local historical figures playing significant roles in a plausible confrontation with Conway

buildings of Lancaster remain, and those of the county are fast disappearing as well. Helpfully some photographs of the exterior of former build- ings remain. Most unfortunately there are no descriptions of them, and no photographs of what must have been, in many instances, beautiful interiors, to show the

Development of Lutheran Congregations in Lancaster County By J. W. W. Loose 1. New Holland, Trinity, 1730 2. Denver, Muddy Creek, 1730 3. Brickerville, Emmanuel (Old Warwick), 1730 4. Lancaster, Holy Trinity, 1730 5. Ephrata, Bergstrasse, 1752 6. Strasburg, St. Michael's, 1754 7. Maytown, St

usual laconic style of Quaker ministers. I was born on the 5th day of the Fifth month (July) 1717 at West Nottingham, in the County of Chester, and Province of Pennsylvania. ... When Notting- ham was first settled my grandfather (James) removed there taking my father (Jeremiah) with him. My mother was

A fine example of a coverlet made by Philip Schum in 1869, measures 75" x 80", the property of and now displayed in the museum of the Lancaster County Historical Society. A close up view of the lower right portion of the coverlet is shown on the next page. Note a portion of the head of George

Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County" Papers of the Lancaster County Historical Society Vol. XLIII, No. 5 (1939) 2 Eckhardt, George H. Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers: An Epic of Early American Science, Industry and Craftmanship, New York: Devin- Adir 1955. SOME RECENT SALES OF