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Channeling through time : Landscape evolution, land use change, and stream restoration in the Lower Susquehanna Basin

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12526

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 551.483 C458

Responsibility: 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

Legal report on Edison Electric Company, the Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company, Conestoga Valley Electric Company, Intercourse Electric Company, Wrightsville Light and Power Company, the Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company, (The) Columbia Gas Company, Lititz Gas Company, Conestoga Transmission Company, Lancaster County Railway and Light Company, Wrightsville Water Supply Company, Conestoga Realty Company, Conestoga Terminal Company, Conestoga Transportation Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17646

Date of Publication: [19--]

Call Number: 352.91 L496 Oversize

Place of Publication: [S.l

Publisher: s.n.],

Date of Publication: [19--]

Physical Description: [12p.], 347 p. ; 33 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Subjects: Edison Electric Company.; Lancaster Electric Light, Heat and Power Company.; Conestoga Valley Electric Company.; Intercourse Electric Company.; Wrightsville Light and Power Company.; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.; Columbia Gas Company.; Lititz Gas Company.; Conestoga Transmission Company.; Lancaster County Railway and Light Company.; Wrightsville Water Supply Company.; Conestoga Realty Company.; Conestoga Terminal Company.; Conestoga Transportation Company.; Public utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Water utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Electric utilities - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.; Gas companies - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 352.91 L496 Oversize

Print

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/b88800bf-37ac-48f0-95a0-191209316147

Collection: Print Collection

Object ID: 2019.011

Date Range: 1841

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Collection: Print Collection

Description: Colorized print depicting the violent 1763 attack by the Paxton Gang against the local tribe of Susquehannock peoples, called "Conestogas" by the English. This print was created in 1841, for Events of Indian history by James Witmer.

Date Range: 1841

Year Range From: 1841

Year Range To: 1841

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 43

Storage Shelf: Shelf 2

Storage Drawer: Bin 2-A

Subject: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763; Indigenous peoples; Murder

Search Terms: Conestoga Indians; Conestoga Massacre; Indigenous peoples; Murder; Native Americans; Prints

Object Name: Print

Object ID: 2019.011

Credit: Collections of LancasterHistory, gift of Paul and Judy Ware

Accession Number: 2019.011

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Birth, Baptismal and Burial Records of the Lutheran Church at Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pa., : by the Rev. John Jacob Strein (Strine)

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18091

Date of Publication: n.d.

Call Number: 284.1 S918d

Responsibility: Compiled and Typed by Mrs. M. Luther Heisey, Mrs. Andrew Chambers, Mrs. Walter H. Neikirk.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: n.d.

Physical Description: 36 pgs. 29 cm.

Notes: From the Donegal Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lancaster, Pennsylvanai.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 78 #2A.

Subjects: Conestoga Lutheran Church (Conestoga, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Conestoga; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Conestoga

Additional Author: Heisey, Mrs. M. Luther; Chambers, Mrs. Andrew; Neikirk, Mrs. Walter H.; Strine, John Jacob

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 284.1 S918d

Report of the committee to place and unveil a marker designating and commemorating the Indian town of Conestoga, in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Penna

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3645

Date of Publication: 1924

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO PLACE AND UNVEIL A MARKER DESIGNATING AND COMMEMORATING THE INDIAN TOWN OF CONESTOGA, IN MANOR TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, PENNA. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society: Your committee appointed to place, and with appropriate exercises un

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 129-149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 9

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Indian Town (Conestoga, Pa.); Historical markers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Indians.; Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Magee, Daniel F.; Landis, David H.,; Beck, Herbert Huebener,

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 9 (1924), p. 129-152Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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Drawing

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e541fa15-d203-4aa8-9deb-185684410395

Collection: Heritage Center Collection: Fine Arts: Drawings

Object ID: P.94.01.1

Collection: Heritage Center Collection: Fine Arts: Drawings

Description: Pencil drawings with white highlights on brown paper. Shows a rocky hill with trees on both sides. Artist signed "Wm Sanford Mason/1854" in pencil on a rock on right side of the drawing. In lower right corner "Safe Harbor, PA" is written in pencil. Below is a window cut in the tan mat showing a white piece of paper with the following written cursively in brown ink: "Presented to F. D. S. ?/ Artist - 1860/ Phil-"; A clipping is pasted on the back (obituary/bio) giving details of his life and career. William Sanford Mason (1824-1864); Sticker on Reverse: The Frame Shop, Santa Rosa, Calif.

People: Mason, William Sanford

Search Terms: Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Drawings; Art

Object Name: Drawing

Height (cm): 29.845

Height (ft): 0.9791666667

Height (in): 11.75

Width (cm): 22.225

Width (ft): 0.7291666667

Width (in): 8.75

Dimension Details: Framed: 13.25 inches wide x 19.25 inches high

Condition: Very Good

Condition Date: 2022-05-11

Condition Notes: Slight rub on finish along frame near upper right.

Object ID: P.94.01.1

Fraktur

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/e26b5524-8b7a-4f83-b515-196980803640

Collection: Fraktur Collection

Object ID: 2017.999.7

Date Range: 1812

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Collection: Fraktur Collection

Description: Birth Record in German for Nancy Haberstich is hand executed on laid paper. The folksy design is a central heart with rope-like edging. Within is written Nancy Haberst / ich Ist Gebohren den 22 den / October 1799 Conostogo / Town Ship." Letter colors vary from black to red to yellow. Below text is a running stag and a nearby tree. Resting atop the heart is a large crown with red, yellow and green bands. Painted into the yellow band is "AM US 1812", perhaps indicating an artist w/ date of execution. Flanking crown are two angels with black wings, additional red wings on footheels and a snake-like object encircling their loins. Each angel extends a leafy branch toward the crown as in homage. Large red tulips with black leaves fill sides of fraktur, sheltering a pair of confronting birds standing at bottom.; Mounted in a modern brown natural wood frame with white window mat. Kraft paper dust paper on back has "#3" written in lower right corner. Inscribed at top left in pencil is "Anna ? " Inscribed in pencil on back is "#3".

Date Range: 1812

Year Range From: 1812

Year Range To: 1812

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: DAC

Storage Wall: Island 5

Storage Cabinet: Unit 42

Storage Shelf: Shelf 3

Storage Drawer: Bin 6

People: Haberstich, Nancy

Subject: Fraktur art; Frakturs (Documents)

Search Terms: Conestoga Twp.; Birth records; Fraktur

Object Name: Fraktur

Oither Names: Birth Record

Material: Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Height (cm): 19.05

Height (ft): 0.625

Height (in): 7.5

Width (cm): 28.575

Width (ft): 0.9375

Width (in): 11.25

Dimension Details: Frame is H: 11.75" W: 16.125"

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2017-06-08

Condition Notes: Paper has light acid burn overall with several darker brown stains such as one above right tulip.overall yellowed from age and acid burn. Strong fold lines, especially the three vertical ones at center. Cellophane tape mends tears in fold lines at center and left. Fold lines are breaking and one is separated and curling. Several scattered brown stains. Paper losses, particularly at right top corner, some at top left corner and top center. Small holes at various points and tears extend into paper from edges. Bottom edge particularly damaged. Strong losses and breaks especially at bottom center and at left.