RockSpringsand Surrounding By HERBERT H. BEM Rock Springs and Indian Bowls Rock Springs, in southern Fulton Township, Lancaster County, are prob- ably unique in America. It is doubtful if their combination of extraordinary geological and archaeological characters exists anywhere else. As one of the

wedges, which were loosened by the jolting of the cars.—Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 319. Last spring (1940), we saw two hundred of these sandstone blocks pulled out by a tractor from the original roadbed of the old Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, on the farm of Daniel F. King

The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an

early Pre sidential Elections in Lancaster County By C. H. MARTIN Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, participated in each of the Presidential Elections held since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. It occupies first place in Pennsylvania in respect to the election of George

community in Lancaster County and dates back to 1736, when Hans Boyer re- ceived a grant of 200 acres of land as follows : TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall Come, Martin Kendrick & John Heer of Lancaster County in the Province of Pensilvania Yeomen Send Greeting KNOW YE that the sd. Martin Kendrick

, John, Thomas and Richard Penn, sons of Wil- liam Penn, conveyed to Jacob and Veronica Funk, 301 ½ acres located in Manheim Township, Lancaster County. June 5, 1735, Jacob Funk conveyed this same property to Jacob Snably. May 5, 1743, Jacob Snably conveyed it to Christian Hershey (wife Catharine) , and

of Miss Montgomery, died on the hill. He was one of the most active of the ironmasters, and was generally esteemed according to Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County as a "genial, kind-hearted, and enterprising gentleman." Abram Musselman's children were all educated in private schools. His