Railroad and Bridge Builders of Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY "They Builded Better Than They Knew" Transportation, ever a prime problem of the human race, received a mighty impetus in the second and third decades of the nineteenth century. It was then steam was introduced as a motive power, and

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

...7wo-hundredth Anniveriary of Lancasters incorporation -As a &rough By M. LUTHER HEISEY The first of May — a day usually associated with disorders and demon- strations in the cities of Europe; the First of May—here a day of rejoicing and rededication for the citizens of Lancaster, this year made

Religious Life in Lancaster Borough By CAROLINE S. COLDREN In Collaboration With M. LUTHER HEISEY The earliest civic record of the Borough of Lancaster deals with a phase of the religious life of the community by regulating the activities of the in- habitants on the Sabbath day. It is a significant

insisted upon its legal right to carry all the mail. In the Lancaster directories, we find Mr. Barr listed as follows: in 1857, "Barr, Elias, news agent, home Orange Street near North Queen Street;" in 1858 to 1870, "Barr's Book Store, 29 East King Street, opposite Court House," or "Elias Barr & Co., 31

the post office in King's Street." This is the first known post office in Lancaster proven by documen- tary evidence. This is further substantiated by a bond in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, bearing date of August 11, 1753, with an imprint reading, "Printed by S. Holland at

How Lancaster Grew and What People Thought of It By M. LUTHER HEISEY Approaching the bi-centennial year of the establishing of Lancaster as a borough, it is well for us to turn in retrospective thought and consider what manner of town Lancaster was, how it grew, and what people visiting it for a

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

were taught gratuitously, and its doors were open to all. By an Act of Assembly it was required that the laws should be read in the schools." William Penn in the Conestoga Valley On the tablet erected in Manor Township by the Lancaster County His- torical Society, marking the site of Conestoga