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An old oil mill

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Author
Hensel, L. W.
Date of Publication
1898
/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Hensel, L. W. Title: An old oil mill / by L. W. Hensel. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Water mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Linseed oil. Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County
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by L. W. Hensel.
Author
Hensel, L. W.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1898
Physical Description
213-215 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 2, no. 7
Summary
This article discusses a mill property in Eden Township , Lancaster County. The mill had several owners during the 19th century, and the mill was used for various purposes: Processing wool, sawing wood, making whiskey, and pressing oil from flax seeds [hence the name "oil mill"].
Subjects
Old Oil Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Oil mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Linseed oil.
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 2, number 7 (1898), p. 213-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.2
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Let these stones speak : a genealogical guide to Lancaster County's families based on Cemetery Research

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Author
Martin, Darvin L.
Date of Publication
2002 -
Call Number
310.35 M379 CD
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by Darvin L. Martin and Regina Christman Martin ,
Author
Martin, Darvin L.
Place of Publication
s.l
Publisher
Historic Impressions Press ,
Date of Publication
2002 -
Physical Description
computer laser optical discs : ill. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
v.1. Cemeteries include: Boehm United Methodist Church Cemetery, Old Byerland Graveyard, Byerland Mennonite Church Cemetery, Former site (Second Lock Rd.), Former site of Byerland Mennonite Meetinghouse and Graveyard, Good Family Graveyard, Harnish Family Graveyard, Haverstick Family Graveyard, Hess Family Graveyard, Kendig Family Graveyard, Martin Kendig Family Graveyard, Line Family Graveyard, New Danville Mennonite Church Cemetery, New Danville Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Pequea Brethren in Christ Church Cemetery, and Rush Family Graveyard.
v.2. Barr/Myley/Kendig Family Graveyard, Carter Family Graveyard, Colmanville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Conestoga African American Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Conestoga United Church of Christ Cemetery, Conestoga United Methodist Church Cemetery, Eshleman Family Graveyard, Fehl Family Graveyard, Green Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery, Harnish Family Graveyard, Hebbel Family Graveyard, (David) Hess Family Graveyard, Kendig Family Graveyard, Mount Zion Evangelical Church Cemetery, (Old) Mount Zion Evangelical Church Cemetery, Myers Family Graveyard, Postlethwaite Graveyard, River Corner Mennonite Church Cemetery, Safe Harbor Graveyard, Safe Harbor Roman Catholic Graveyard, Shenk Family Graveyard (former site),Shenk/Hess Family Grveyard (not located), Stehman Family Graveyard, and Warfel Family Graveyard.
v.3. Former site of a Graveyard, Long Rifle Road, Goodman-Hershey Family Graveyard, Harnish Family Graveyard (former site), Herr Family Graveyard, Herr-Kendig-Spahr Graveyard (former site), Herr-Mayer Family Graveyard, Houser Family Graveyard (former site), Kreider-Snavely Family Graveyard, Lampeter Reformed Mennonite Cemetery, Lefever Family Graveyard, Longeecker Reformed Mennonte Cemetery, Rohrer-Mylin Family Graveyard, Weber-Diffenbaugh Family Graveyard (former site), Tschantz Graveyard, Willow Street Mennonite Church Cemetery, and Willow Street United Church of Christ Cemetery.
v.4. Bethany Lutheran Cemetery--Grace United Methodist Church Cemetery--Herr Family Graveyard--Millersville Mennonite Church Cemetery(Old Section)--St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery--Zion Reformed Church Cemetery--Millersville Mennonite Church Cemetery(Row A-51 through B-30)--Millersville Mennonite Church Cemetery (Row B-101 through Section E and burials without tombstones)
v.5 Barr Famly Graveyard--Bassler Family Graveyard--Martin Family Graveyard--Shultz Family Graveyard--Strasburg Mennonite Church Cemetery--Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery--Brackbill-Neff Family Graveyard--Bunker Hill Old Order Amish Cemetery--Eckman-Kunkle Family Graveyard--Groff-Overly Family Graveyard--Howery Family Graveyard--Lefevre Family Graveyard--Old Dutch Lutheran and Reformed Graveyard--Ranck Family Graveyard--St Michael Lutheran Church Cemetery--Strasburg Cemetery--Strasburg Methodist Cemetery--Strasburg Presbyterian Church Cemetery--Wesley United Methodist Church Cemetery.
v.6. African American Graveyard along Hopkins Mill Road--Bowman-Huber Family Graveyard--Clearfield United Methodist Church Cemetery--Groff-Eshleman Family Graveyard--Groff-Stoneroad Family Graveyard--Hart Family Graveyard (Former Site)--Herr-Hamill Family Graveyard--Huber Family Graveyard--Kuhn Family Graveyard (Former Site)--Lyns-Rees Family Graveyard--Montgomery-Fisher Family Graveyard--Mount Caramel United Brethren Cemetery (Former Site)--New Providence Church of God Cemetery (Old)--New Providence Church of God Cemetery (New)--New Providence Mennonite Church Cemetery--Rising Sun School Graveyard (Former Site)--Smithville Church of God Cemetery--Union African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery--Whitestick Family Graveyard (Former Site).
v.7. African American Graveyard west of Pencraft Drive (former site)-Bethseda United Methodist Church Cemetery-Flory Family Graveyard-Marticville United Methodist Church Cemetery-Mount Nebo Presbyterian Graveyard-Mount Nebo United Methodist Church Cemetery-Muddy Run Presbyterian Graveyard-Rawlinsville Mennonite Church Cemetery-Rawlinsville United Methodist Church Cemetery.
v.8. African American Graveyard along Spring Valley Road (former site)-African American Graveyard north of Fishing Creek Road (former site)-Boyd Family Graveyard-Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church Cemetery-Old Chestnut Level Presbyterian Graveyard-Drumore Friends Cemetery-Drumore Old Order Amish Cemetery-Morrison Family Graveyard-Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery-Prall Family Graveyard-Sweigart Family Graveyard (former site)
Contents
v.1. Pequea Township -- v.2. Conestoga Township -- v.3. West Lampeter Township -- v.4. Millersville Borough -- v.5. Strasburg Township and Borough - v. 6. Providence Township - v. 7. Martic Township - v. 8. Drumore Township.
Subjects
Martin, Darvin L.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Pequea (Pa.: Township) - Cemeteries.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
West Lampeter (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Millersville, Pa. - Cemeteries
Strasburg, Pa. - Cemeteries
Strasburg (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Providence (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Martic (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Additional Author
Martin, Regina Christman.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Media
Call Number
310.35 M379 CD
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Cotton mills of Lancaster City, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical information about cotton from the Colonial Days (1770) of Lancaster City, through the 1800's when cotton mills were established, to the demise of the largest mill in the city in 1949, together with data on cotton production and the cotton market through 1976

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Date of Publication
1977
Call Number
621 C948
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compiled by W.T. Crook, Jr.
Place of Publication
Typescript
Date of Publication
1977
Physical Description
122 L : ill., Photographs; 29 cm.
Notes
Compiled for the Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Conestoga Steam Mill (Lancaster, Pa.)
Farnum Mills (Lancaster, Pa.)
Cotton manufacturing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Manufacturers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
621 C948
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The story of Shultz's Mill on Beaver Creek

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Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Date of Publication
1927
prior to 1733, accord- ing to Rupp, not less than three mills were built nearby. They were Emanuel Herr's on the Pequea, Buckley's on the Octorora and William Smith's on Beaver Creek. William Smith's mill, or another unrecorded mill, possibly Martin Bear's, was driven by the present dam about 350 yards
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by Herbert H. Beck.
Author
Beck, Herbert Huebener,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1927
Physical Description
97-100 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7
Subjects
Shultz, Christian.
Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Flour mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 31, number 7 (1927), p. 97-100Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.31
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Channeling through time : Landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the Lower Susquehanna Basin

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Date of Publication
2003.
Call Number
551.483 C458
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Trip leaders: Dorothy Merrits, Robert Walter & Andrew de Wet.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Franklin & Marshall College]
Date of Publication
2003.
Physical Description
88, 20 p. ill. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Southeastern Friends of the Pleistocene Fall 2003 Field trip Guidebook..17-19 October 2003", hosted by Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Subjects
Stream conservation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stream ecology - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Little Conestoga Creek - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Millers Run - Pennsylvania - East Hempfield Twp.
Additional Corporate Author
Southeastern (Pa.) Friends of the Pleistocene.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
551.483 C458
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Millers of Chester and Lancaster Counties from Witmer's maps of Chester County, 1873 and Atlas of Lancaster County 1864

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Call Number
905.748 OASH v.5, no.2
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In: Octorara Area Historical Society ,v.5, no.2.
Subjects
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Sadsbury (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.
West Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Highland (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OASH v.5, no.2
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Mysteries of Martic

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Author
Osburn, Burl Neff,
Date of Publication
1959.
Stiegel.11 The first bloomery was that of one Kurtz, oper- ating on Octorara Creek, about 1726. This was followed by Windsor Forge on the Conestoga, erected by William Branson. The second furnace erected in the county, and the third forge were the Martic iron works erected in the 1750's by Thomas and
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by Burl Neff Osburn.
Author
Osburn, Burl Neff,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1959.
Physical Description
[161]-182 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 63, no. 4
Subjects
Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Martic Furnace.
Martic Forge.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 63, number 4 (1959), p. 161-182Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.63
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Keller's Covered Bridge and Middle Creek Road Bridge

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Date of Publication
2006.
Call Number
624.2 K29
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Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2006.
Physical Description
2 reports : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
Written historical and descriptive data and photographs [a state-level recordation, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau for Historic Preservation.
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Keller's Covered Bridge (Ephrata Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Middle Creek Road Bridge (Ephrata Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
624.2 K29
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Selected aspects of the history of the Ressler Mill

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Author
Marquet, Cynthia
Edition
Second edition.
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
725.4 R435
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by Cynthia Marquet.
Author
Marquet, Cynthia
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa. ]
Publisher
The Ressler Mill Foundation;
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
The Ressler Mill Foundation Heritage Series :
Subjects
Ressler Mill (Upper Leacock Twp., Lancaster County, Pa.)
Mills and milling - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.4 R435
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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Date of Publication
1994
Call Number
310.3 W949
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F. Edward Wright
Author
Wright, F. Edward.
Place of Publication
Westminster, MD
Publisher
Family Line Publications
Date of Publication
1994
Physical Description
5 v. 21 cm.
Contents
Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).
Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)
Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.)
Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.
Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
Subjects
Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)
White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.)
East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.)
Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)
First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.)
Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.)
Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.)
Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.)
Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.)
Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.
St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.
St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]
New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
310.3 W949
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