Lancaster 187o: Celebrated People Lectured in the City One Hundred Years Ago. A Compilation by George L. Heiges One hundred years ago the leaders in our nation had but one means apart from the medium of the press to contact their fellow citizens and present their views; and that was the American

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Lancaster, Pennsylvania Part One – 1730-1861 By Dr. George L. Heiges THE BEGINNING 1 73 0 —1 744 Rev. John Christian Schultze Rev. John Casper Stoever, Jr. Forty eight years after William Penn received from King Charles the sec- ond a charter for

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Lancaster, Pennsylvania Part Two —1762- 1980 By Dr. George L. Heiges THE CIVIL WAR YEARS 1862 —1867 Rev. Frederick W. Conrad, D. D. Rev. Samuel Laird. D. D. A successor to Doctor Krotel was selected in the person of Rev. Frederick William Conrad

Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year April 1 - June 30, 1876 Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges "MARIETTA ITEM - On Saturday last John Bell of Marietta shot a fine specimen of the American Swan (Cygnus Americanus) on the river opposite the Holloware Works. It measured 4 ft. 2 in. in

leading member of the Lancaster legal group. From 1888 until 1901 in which year he departed this life, he served Lancaster County as its member in the United States House of Representatives. During the Civil War he was an enlisted man in Company K, 97th Regiment, Chester County Volunteers. Buried in

Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College, he began practicing law in Lancaster. For many years he was associated in legal work with William Uhler Hensel. In 1899 he was elected an associate justice of the State Supreme Court and in 1914 was appointed Chief Justice, which place he filled until retirement in 1919. In