Lancaster Borough: Host to British and Hessian Prisoners of War, 1775-1784 By Melvern Evans, Jr. Like it or not, in 1775 the borough citizens of Lancaster were saddled with the unpopular task of housing and guarding prisoners of war from the Revolution. Whether or not they were properly prepared

two dozen staterooms, no pas- sengers dared make the trip, and only a few crewmen were aboard." As the steam engine became improved, the sailing vessels gradually disappeared. Professor J. Olney, in his 1836 History of the United States, related that the amount of tonnage in the U.S. reckoning the

. Bottom Row—Annie W. Evans 1861-1873, Erminia Evans 1865-1892 and David Evans 1868-1933. and later succeeded him. Clifton married Annie Weaver and they had a son, Melvern R. Evans Sr., who represented the third generation of architects in the Evans family. We shall now take each one in turn and learn more

two sparkling crystal chandeliers. There was an upright piano in the corner and sometimes my grandmother would play World War songs while we gathered around and sang. The ballroom was used for occasional dances, but for most of the time it remained closed. The hotel bedrooms each contained a large bed

0 r) �Sons of Rest: 1899-1971 By Melvern R. Evans, Jr. The Sons of Rest probably was the most unique organization in Lancaster history. It all started in 1899 when a group of aspiring young football players, many of them from the Lancaster Boys' High School, banded together and com- peted against