CONESTOGA By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 75-113, of the Proceedings of The Lan- Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster." In that paper the author, the late William Uhler Hensel, Esq., de- scribed, in minute

drawing lumber (175) �(176) (that is, separating and washing boards,) of which the rafts that floated down the Susquehanna during the freshets, were composed, and placing them in tall piles along the river front. Columbia was then the most important place along the Susquehanna at which a bridge spanned

, June 23rd, 1931, by State and county officials at the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet to perpetuate his memory, by The Pennsylvania Society of The Colonial Dames of America. The exercises, held in the armory at Columbia, were attended by approx- imately one hundred and fifty persons

: Lancaster's contribution to York in the flood of 1817 / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Floods--Pennsylvania--York. York (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1929 Description: 19 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the

meeting as possible, and public notice of the meeting to be given in the Lancaster and York papers, and such others as may be thought proper." �A meeting of the stockholders of the company, incorporated for the purpose of erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna at or near McCall's Ferry, in the county of

of Distillers By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A MEETING of distillers of Lancaster county was held at John Whiteside's tavern, in the borough of Lancaster, on Saturday, November 11th, 1815. Jacob Miller was appointed chairman, and John Rohrer secretary.' The distillers met for the purpose of preparing a

in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Maine, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, Georgia and Pennsylvania, yet to no place did they come in such large numbers, nor become such an influential factor in molding civilization and determining state policies, as in Pennsylvania. By the middle of the

confined to Lancaster city. Societies were or- ganized in several towns in the county. There were two organiza- tion in existence in Columbia as early as January, 1833. The one for the white population, held its meetings in the town hall.7 Thomas Lloyd was its secretary. The colored society held its meet

American product until the eighteen fifties. �On May 5th, 1849, there was foaled a colt in Orange county, New York, which was actually recognized, as the inscription on his fifteen foot granite monument at Chester, N. Y., indicates, as "The Progenitor of the American Light Harness Horse." His name was