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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Object ID: Bridge F0240 I007

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Bridge Records

Description: Papers filed for construction and repair of bridges. The types of petitions presented to the Court of Quarter Sessions include: petitions for bridge construction and repair, petitions for inspections, and petitions for bridge funds. Other types of items include: specifications, proposals, and contracts for bridge construction and repair; bridge blueprints and plans; correspondence; bills for materials; and bridge condition reports. Many papers show date; court term and case number; names of petitioners, viewers, inspectors, and contractors; costs and fees; location of bridge; and name or number of bridge. The order and report of viewers documents are of particular interest as they usually include a copy of the original petition; the order and names of viewers to inspect the site; the public announcement for the viewers meeting; the report and recommendation of viewers, often with a drawing of the site and surrounding area; and the court decision.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Year: 1939

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0004

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: East Cocalico Twp.; Creeks; Cocalico Creek; Roads; Ephrata and Reading Road; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Ephrata; Orders; Reports; Inspections; Bridges

Place: East Cocalico Twp.

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0240 I007

Box Number: 004

Additional Notes: Court term: September 1939.; Location: Over Cocalico Creek, on the public road from the Ephrata and Reading Road to Stevens, East Cocalico Twp., 2.5 miles northwest of Ephrata.; Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.; 1 item, 1 piece

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Case Number: 390.000

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Spirit, toil, rest ; historical sketches of Cocalico

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Corporate Author: Lancaster (County) Bicentennial Committee. 1976. Cocalico Chapter.

Date of Publication: 1976.

Call Number: 974.815 ECOC C659

Corporate Author: Lancaster (County) Bicentennial Committee. 1976. Cocalico Chapter.

Place of Publication: s. Î². : Printed by Saul Printing, Denver, Pa

Publisher: The Committee,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: 77 p. : ill. pl. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Illustrated cover.

Subjects: Shirk family.; Adams family.; Ream family.; Cocalico township [Lancaster Co.] Pa. - History.; East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - History.; West Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - History.; Reamstown (Pa.) - History.; Denver (Pa.) - History.; Adamstown (Pa.) - History.; Reinholds (Pa.) - History.; Stevens (Pa.) - History.; Schoeneck (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 ECOC C659

Print, Photographic

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Collection: Covered Bridge Album

Object ID: A-12-01-12

Date Range: 1970

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: Covered Bridge Album

Description: Bucher's Mill covered bridge, Reamstown.

Date Range: 1970

Creator: Krone, Herbert Brickley

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Covered bridges; Mills; Reamstown, East Cocalico Twp.

Place: East Cocalico Twp.

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 3 x 5 inches

Object ID: A-12-01-12

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Object ID: MG0294

Date Range: 1865-1961

: Geist family. Conditions for Access: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk. Conditions Governing Reproductions: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research

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Collection: Geist Family Papers

Title: Geist Family Papers

Description: The Geist Family Papers include correspondence, tax records, legal documents, and other items related to the Geist family. Some correspondence is personal, while other letters relate to legal proceedings concerning estates and inheritances. A number of wills and associated materials, generally related to adjudications involving family members. Numerous local tax notices and federal income tax returns largely pertain to Daniel W. and Bertha W. Geist. Other materials include notebooks and receipts from Daniel W. Geist's time at Millersville State Normal School, visiting cards, and newspaper clippings.

Date Range: 1865-1961

Year Range From: 1865

Year Range To: 1961

Date of Accumulation: 1865-1961

Creator: Geist family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Alexander, James K.; Anderson, Howard; Bachman, Julie C.; Bard, Bertha; Brown, George; Bulleit, Edward Banister; Dague, Isaac W.; Dague, Lily C. Geist; Diller, Luther R.; Eshleman, John H.; Fox, Christian, Jr.; Geist, Adam; Geist, Agnes; Geist, Bertha Wanner; Geist, Daniel W.; Geist, Ettie G.; Geist, Everett S.; Geist, Harry Kohler; Geist, Lilly Kate; Groff, John M.; Heisher, Daniel; Hobson, Jesse; Hobson, Maria; Horst, Jacob G.; Kjorlien, Alvin C.; Leaman, William; Lyte, Eliphalet Oram; Martin, Luke W.; Milledge, Stanley; Miller, Helen Mildred Diller; Miller, Leon H. B.; Miller, Ruth; Ott, Janet F.; Overly, Herman Witmer; Overly, Richard Geist; Pond, B. C.; Pool, Virginia L.; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Rush, Charles William; Rush, Harriet Geist; Shaub, Sadie; Shirk, H. S.; Shirk, Henry; Shirk, Lawrence; Stoner, H. K.; Weaver, C. R.; Weaver, George A.; Werner, John Thomas; Witmer, Clara; Wolf, Lemon A.; Wolfe, Helen

Subjects: Decedents' estates; Estates (Law); Letters; Receipts (Acknowledgments); Taxation

Search Terms: A. Geist and Son; Adams County, Pennsylvania; Albert Pick Company; Births; Bismarck, North Dakota; Blue Ball Bank; Blue Ball, East Earl Twp.; Calling cards; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Correspondence; Death; Decedents' estates; Earl Twp.; East Earl Twp.; Ephrata; Estate settlement; Farmers National Bank; Finding aids; Florida; Franklin Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; Funerals; Gap, Salisbury Twp.; Grand Forks Herald; Grand Forks, Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Health; Hotel Gladstone; Hunters; Inheritance; Internal Revenue Service; Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota; Johnson City, Broome County, New York; K. Aslesen Company; Lancaster; Lancaster New Era; Leland-Parker Hotel; Letters; Manuscript groups; Masons; McClure House; Miami, Florida; Millersville; Millersville State Normal School; Millersville University; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Minot, Ward County, North Dakota; Mountville Farm Women's Society; New Berlin, Ephrata Twp.; New Holland; Newspaper clippings; Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey; Parades; Patterson Hotel; Pennsylvania State Normal School; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Postage stamps; Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; Receipts; Republican Party; San Francisco, California; Schools; Stamps; Stevens, East Cocalico Twp.; Stocks; Tax returns; Taxation; Trusts and trustees; United Commercial Travelers of America; Vienna Bakery Company; Visiting cards; Washington, DC; West Cocalico School District; Wheeling, West Virginia; Wills; YMCA; Young Men's Christian Association

Extent: 1 box, 12 folders, .5 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0294

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this collection must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Accession Number: 2002.Hawbaker

Other Numbers: MG-294

Classification: MG0294

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 19 January 2022.

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Historical directory of Reamstown area in 1900

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Author: Bucher, F. S.

Date of Publication: 1975.

Call Number: 917.4815 B919 1900

Responsibility: by F. S. Bucher.

Author: Bucher, F. S.

Place of Publication: Adamstown, Pa

Publisher: Ensinger printing service,

Date of Publication: 1975.

Physical Description: 26 p. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Reamstown (Pa.) - History.; Reamstown (Pa.) - Directories.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 917.4815 B919 1900

Archive

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Object ID: MG0045

Date Range: 1916-1972

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Collection: World War I Collection

Title: World War I Collection

Description: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Date Range: 1916-1972

Year Range From: 1916

Year Range To: 1972

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 02

People: Andrews, David F.; Benda, W. T.; Beneker, Gerrit A.; Boyce, C. M.; Breitigan, Abraham; Brenner, William A.; Brown, Arthur William; Bryson, Raymond; Bull, Charles Livingston; Carbaugh, Calvin A.; Chambers, Charles E.; Christy, Howard Chandler; Cover, Martin; Culp, Guy; Daugherty, James A.; Davis, Robert Courtney; De Maris, Walter; Dommel, Elmer; Drepperd, C. W.; Eschbach, H. H.; Fergeson, George; Fisher, Harrison; Foringer, A. E.; Forsythe, Clyde; France, Charles; Fulton, Hugh R.; Gibble, Ammon; Griest, William Walton; Habel, Albert A.; Harner, Marvin; Helwig, John W.; Hendee, A.; Hiemenz, Edward A.; Hiestand, Benjamin; Hottenstein, H.; Kahl, William; Kellish, William; Kimmel, Harry; Krone, Herbert D.; Landis, Estes B.; Leber, Paul Revere; Lundy, Edwin H.; Lyons, Julius; Matricardi, Frank; McFarland, Owen; McKee, W. M.; Miller, Peter; Moore, Luther; Musser, John W.; Myers, S. W.; O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank; Orr, Alfred Everitt; Palm, Elam B.; Shafer, L. A.; Shenk, Roy; Shoop, J. M.; Small, W. F.; Snyder, James H.; Tittle, Walter; Usner, Isaac L.; Volk, Douglas; Wauk, S. J.; Worthington, Henry H.; Zellers, George

Subjects: Alco-Gravure; American Lithographic Co.; E. Ketterlinus & Co.; Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Lithography; Posters; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States. Army; United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; W.F. Powers Co.; William H. Forbes & Company; World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County; YMCA of the USA

Search Terms: 28th Division; Alco-Gravure; Ambulance Company No. 111; American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111; American Lithographic Company; American Red Cross; Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society; E. Ketterlinus and Company; Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company; Emergency Fleet Corporation; Fatherless Children of France (Organization); Finding aids; Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company; Lithography; Manuscript groups; Military draft cards; Posters; Prohibition; Rotoprint Gravure Company; Rusling Wood, Litho.; Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company; Scrapbooks; Strobridge Lithographing Company; United States Army; United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces; United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th; Veterans; W. F. Powers Company; William H. Forbes and Company; World War I; WWI; YMCA; Commission for Relief in Belgium

Extent: 1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0045

Related Item Notes: MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces; MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces

Additional Notes: The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-45

Classification: MG0045

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.

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Digital records of Muddy Creek Lutheran Church

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Corporate Author: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)

Date of Publication: 1974.

Call Number: 284.1 M943 CD

Corporate Author: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)

Place of Publication: [Denver, Pa

Publisher: The Church,

Date of Publication: 1974.

Physical Description: 1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Rineerâ°Ìâ‚‰s "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 109 #1.

Contents: Burials -- Parish records up to c.1974 but incomplete..

Summary: Muddy Creek Lutheran Church is located in East Cocalico Township about two miles southwest of Adamstown, Lancaster County. It was a union church until 1967.

Subjects: Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church (East Cocalico Township).; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township).; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township).

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 284.1 M943 CD

East Cocalico Twp

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Date of Publication: 1934.

Call Number: 500 959

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: 1934.

Physical Description: map 147 x 92 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 10-5-1

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected draft of all the tracts of land in East Cocalico Township, in Lancaster County."; Scale 1:19,800;

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - East Cocalico (Township); East Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 959

West Cocalico Township

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Date of Publication: 1934.

Call Number: 500 986

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Bureau of Land Records.

Place of Publication: Harrisburg

Date of Publication: 1934.

Physical Description: map 117 x 90 cm.

Series: [Pennsylvania warrantee township tract maps, Lancaster County] 37-5-1

Notes: Photocopy.; "A connected draft of all the tracts of land in West Cocalico Township, Lancaster County."

Subjects: Land grants - Pennsylvania - West Cocalico (Township); Real property - Pennsylvania - West Cocalico (Township); West Cocalico (Pa. : Township) - Maps.; Warrant maps

Location: Lancaster History Library - Map

Call Number: 500 986

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Digital records of Muddy Creek Lutheran Church

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East Cocalico Twp

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