been abandoned and razed.' 6 Penn Iron Works Rolling Mill (Lancaster Manufacturing Company Mill) Using the buildings of the former Lancaster Locomotive Works along the Pennsylvania Railroad between North Plum and North Ann streets in Lancaster, the Lancaster Manufacturing Company opened a rolling mill

. Transportation was important, for coal does not occur in Lancaster County. Anthracite coal was brought to Lancaster County by canal boat, as was steam coal from southwestern Pennsylvania. The newer furnaces had to be located on or near canals, and along railroads for delivery of pig and wrought iron to the

Judge Wil- liam Augustus Atlee, while doing some research among Revolutionary War documents. Mr. Overton·kindly sent us a photostatic copy of the plan which has been retraced to make reproduction possible. �lwoon I ~ARD I I I ~I I ~I I 1-1 _J en.___ UARD HOUSE NORTH CHRISTIAN STREET 342 feet WEST GATE

minutes according to size and condition. The process is described by Dr. Davis: Cremation, as practiced at the Lancaster Crematorium, consists essential- ly of two elements—the first being mechanical and the second chemical. The first of these processes begins in a small room, known as the preparing room

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

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

courts, and no longer was the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. In early Pennsylvania capital offenses included treason, murder, �manslaughter, burglary, rape and arson. That means the death penalty was possi- ble if guilty. Lancaster County's first court session was held in May, 1729, at John

Installation of The Hon. Thaddeus Stevens In the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame An address by John Ward Willson Loose 16 November 1974 at Founders Hall, Girard College, Philadelphia Ladies and gentlemen, officers, judges, and guests of the Penn- sylvania Hall of Fame's Third Annual Banquet: I am pleased

, "Haldeman, Grubb and Company," to serve as an operating company.136 Conestoga Furnace Conestoga Furnace was built in 1846 as a charcoal furnace near the Conestoga Slackwater Navigation at the foot of South Prince Street in Lancaster. George Ford, an enterprising Lancaster attorney, and Robert and James