Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

ALEXANDER WILSON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner The name of Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist in America, should be familiar to every well-informed school boy in the land; yet doubtedless many of our local high school students who turn to Wilson's books for in- formation on birds, do

II. JEROME BONAPARTE IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner Jerome Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon, was born in the town of Ajaccio, on the island of Corsica, November 15, 1784. He shared the fortunes of the Bonaparte family in the early years of the French Revo- lution. After receiving

DANIEL, WEBSTER IN LANCASTER: OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner In "An Old Turnpike-Road," a most interesting little volume published in 1888, the author, Jacob L. Gossler, describes, in fascinating style, the town of Columbia, Pa., as it existed in his childhood days. The book is

GENERAL SAM HOUSTON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner On Thursday, July 6, 1848, the city of Lancaster, Pa., was honored by a visit from General Sam Houston, the hero of San Jacinto, one of the founders and the first President of the infant Republic of Texas. He was accompanied by the Hon

VISIT OF ZACHARY TAYLOR TO LANCASTER : OBSERVANCE OF HIS DEATH By William Frederic Worner Monday, March 5th, 1849, General Zachary Taylor was inaugurated Presi- dent of the United States. Five months later, when "Old Rough and Ready," as he was affectionately called by his admirers, was making a

Population in 1800 4,292 Increase 1,116 These statistics were also published in the Lancaster Journal of Saturday, November 17th, 1810. Lancaster in 1820 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER A DAM HODGSON, an Englishman, toured the United States and Canada in the year 1820. When he returned to his native

DAVID CROCKETT IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner During the two centuries and more that have elapsed since Lancaster county, Pa., was first settled by white men, the old shire town of Lancaster has been visited by many eminent and distinguished persons. Among these were George Washington

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be