Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith National Historic Landmark : Presentation of a preliminary concept plan Friday, January 5, 2001 Southern Market, Lancaster, PA based on recommendations to the Lancaster County Convention Authority, November 15, 2000
Comprised of definitions of a national landmark and related information, biographies of Stevens and Hamilton, the conceptual plan, commentary consisting of a number of articles from local newspapers, and file of the city clerk: Council Resolution no. 23-2001.
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 35
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"A catalog to accompany an exhibit of privy bags by the Society in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The exhibit will run from No[v]ember 21, 2009, until May 15, 2010."
Summary
The introduction provides background on the history and use of the bags, which were designed to hold the scrap paper earmarked for privy use. Often highly decorative, privy bags came into being in rural Lancaster Co., Pa., in the early decades of the 1800's and continued to be used during the era of the outhouse.
Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania
Early charcoal iron forges, furnaces and slitting mills in Chester County, Pennsyvania 1718-1830 : including sketches on the works and a finding aid for the original forge and furnace books at the Chester County Historical Society
The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.
The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.