A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

Lancaster was the last civilized outpost on the western frontier during the French and Indian wars its workshops already were turning out wagons, guns, clothing and numerous items for the protection of the Pennsylvania hinterland. Who can say how many of those artisans and mechanics "invented" day-by-day

little band of vice and immorality crusaders, but they didn't waiver and kept to a steadfast course. The city police were useless because most of them were on the payroll of one or the other mobs. The top officials of the police department and the constables were involved with the mobs. One county court

did entertain the Pennsylvania Association of College Presidents and Professors in the hall dedicated to Diogenes. In 1887 Dr. E. V. Gerhart and the "German Mafia" planned their strategy with the skill of Field Marshal von Moltke. After all the defeats of prior years Clio finally adopted "Modern