Kauffman to set Walls' thinking aright." Congress passed the Tariff Act of 1870 despite objections of the iron manufacturers; pig iron duties were dropped to $7 per ton where they remained until 1883. 16 No convincing evidence appears in the columns of Lancaster County newspapers between 1870 and 1873 to

have intended is to increase your pride in the diverse talents of Lancaster Countians. When I come to the end of this paper I hope many of you will want to add more to our knowledge of this largely untouched subject. I have no doubt that tinkering and inventing began in Lancaster County whenever the

, op. cit., p. 74. 82. Letter from John Frederick Steinman, 16 June 1967; and Frederick S. Foltz, 19 June 1967, to and in possession of the author. Conestoga Furnace, also called Peacock Furnace, South Prince St., Lancaster. Built in 1846 by George Ford and Calvin Brothers. Ceased operation in 1892

for its beauty and the purity of �1662 Co. Poor & House L EMPLOYMENT House of _ - Electrotune Pa. Phila. Map taken from "Survey and Plot" for Commissioners of Lancaster County, December 1877. �of its waters. The City of Lancaster being on the line of the Pennsylvania Rail- road, and of the Columbia

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

deposits in southern Lancaster County." Columbia's iron manufacturers eagerly promoted the construction of the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad in 1877; it joined Columbia to the Philadelphia-Baltimore main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and served the Safe Harbor Rolling Mill." Canal transportation

1814, Stevens moved to Pennsyl- vania where he taught school and taught himself law at York. When he thought himself ready to take the bar examination, the York County Bar hastily passed a resolution which disqualified Stevens. Undaunted, Stevens went to Bel Air, Maryland, about 40 miles south of York

The Lancaster Crematorium: First in the USA By John W. W. Loose in the spring of 1884 a group of Lancastrians met at the Intelligencer newspaper office to discuss the feasibility of organizing an association for the reform of funerals. On 27 May 1884 the Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform

townships with Welsh names: Caer- narvon, Brecknock and Lampeter. Caernarvon is a shire (county) and county seat in North Wales. It also is a seaport. The chief products of the county are slate, coal, copper ore, iron products, textiles and chemicals. Its name is derived from the Welsh Caer (wall, castle

out- standing detectives, and were recognized far beyond the boundaries of Lancaster County. Edward Barnholt was born in March 1846 in Philadelphia. When he was eighteen years old he enlisted in Company H, 213th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, serving from 21 February 1865 until the unit was