A History of Aeronautics In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania By William E. Krantz The history of aeronautics, the operation of aircraft, in Lancaster Coun- ty covers a span of one hundred and fifty years. Lancaster has long been an air-minded community. Certainly, the feats of our famous native, John

: The Auto Racing Collection contains photocopies of photographs of race car drivers, newspaper articles, advertisements, and programs related to auto racing at Lancaster County speedways. The items include a history of auto racing in Lancaster County, information about J. Earl Way, and an article about

books and periodicals printed in Harrisburg, Pa. Although Douglas C. McMur- trie2 establishes 1799 as the date of the first German printing done in Harris- burg, the Franklin and Marshall collection contains a book printed by John Wyeth with an imprint of 1797. A total of 181 books from the Harrisburg

the Ohio. �Brig. Gen. April 1862 – Generals in Blue, Ezra J. Warner, p. 464. War of the Rebellion Official Records, Series I, Vol. 16, Part 2, p. 263. 16 Ibid., pp. 263, 288 17 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers (Harrisburg 1868), Vol. II, p. 1078. 18 Braxton Bragg. West Point

tried to escape from the various Lancaster prisons, quite a few successfully. Before leaping into the subject of Lancaster jailbreaks proper, let's see a little about the history of Lancaster County jails so that we know who's escaping from what. The whereabouts and whatzits of the first jail are still

Tinkerers, Mechanics and Inventors of Lancaster County By John Ward Willson Loose A few caveats are in order. My essay is not an "in depth" study of each and every tinkerer, mechanic and inventor that ever worked in Lancaster County, nor does it attempt to single out every person who contributed in

. D. Spring, 1989 Pequea, PA �THE DIARIES OF WILLIAM T. CLARK (B. 1836 - D. 1911) OF CHESTNUT LEVEL, DRUMORE TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Dating from his enlistment in: CO. B, 79th PENNSYLVANIA VETERAN VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT SEPTEMBER 12th, 1861 To NOVEMBER 30th, 1865

, The Pennsylvania State Marker, a cast iron mold engraved sign, which stood along the old road (now inside of the Farm Museum land) was re-located to a site on the corner of route 272 & Valley Road, a major intersection. It reads: Issac Long Barn. The United Brethren in Christ and The Evangelical

.4 Before the Revo- lution, however, both men and women appear in records charged with fornication. It is after the Revolution that county courts began ignoring females in fornication cases. Margaret Hoover and Catherine Painter appear in the May, 1788, term as mothers of illegitimate offspring but