Don Crownover, advisor to the Junior Historians, and group of eight unidentified students placing time capsule in front of Lancaster County Historical Society, c. 1980.
Bronze tablet on the house known as Wheatland on Marietta Avenue in Lancaster. The Honorable James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States, bought Wheatland. He lived there from his retirement in 1848 until his death in 1868. Tablet erected in 1928.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Granite stone and bronze tablet on the lawn of Lititz town square in memory of General John A. Sutter. He was an eminent California pioneer whose lands were overrun and ruined by the gold seekers on 1849. General Sutter came east and lived the last nine years of his life in Lititz. He is buried in the Moravian Cemetery. Monument erected in 1939.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Bronze tablet on the south wall of the Willson Memorial Building, home of the Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 North President Avenue. The tablet honors Mrs. Louise Tanger, an active member of the Society as well as a recognized naturalist. It was she who founded the arboretum on the grounds. Erected in 1981.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.