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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
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by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Lancaster County, PA connections : evidence of persons residing in other states or countries with a connection to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : compiled from deeds recorded in Lancaster from 1770 to 1830

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16322
Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
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Responsibility
by Edward N. Wevodau.
ISBN
9781558565173 (v. 1)
1558565175 (v. 1)
9781558565197 (v. 2)
1558565191 (v. 2)
Author
Wevodau, Edward N.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Apollo, Pa
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
2 v. : map ; 28 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Migration, Internal - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Emigration and immigration.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
974.815 LACO W544c
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Brief outline on the care of the poor, the sick, and insane of Lancaster County, Pa

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Author
Showalter, Henry A.
Date of Publication
1951
this particular phase of activity. Mrs. William Rote, Jr., and Mr. M. Luther Heisey, members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, advise that Dr. Samuel W. Miller, then recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical College, became superintendent and resident physician in 1895
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Responsibility
by Henry A. Showalter.
Author
Showalter, Henry A.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1951
Physical Description
[97]-[124] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 55, no. 4
Subjects
Poor - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Public welfare - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Hospitals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Mentally ill - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social conditions.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 55, number 4 (1951), p. 97-124Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.55
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A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

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Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
284.1 P294
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Responsibility
by Joan Habecker Patches.
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Place of Publication
Brownstown, ,:Pa
Publisher
Steffy Printing, Inc.,
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliography.
Contents
Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.
Subjects
Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township)
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township)
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 P294
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Pre-Revolutionary slate gravestones in southern Lancaster County : a lasting legacy of the earliest Scots-Irish settlers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17832
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
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Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 120-144.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 98 #5.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 97 #1A.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 186 #1A.
Subjects
Bigham, William.
Carmichael Cemetery, (Fulton Township, Pa.)
Morrison Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Chestnut Level Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slate industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stone-cutters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Fulton (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 3 (2013), p. 120-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.8 245 v 114
Websites
https://lancasterh.bywatersolutions.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-retrieve-file.pl?id=63569596fb7491427c5088f59ec2c4b4
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Two hundred years in Cumberland County; a collection of documents and pictures illustrating two centuries of life in Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3264
Corporate Author
Hamilton Library and Historical Association of Cumberland County (Carlisle, Pa.)
Date of Publication
1951.
Call Number
974.843 T969
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Responsibility
Editorial committee: D. W. Thompson, chairman [and others]
Corporate Author
Hamilton Library and Historical Association of Cumberland County (Carlisle, Pa.)
Place of Publication
Carlisle
Date of Publication
1951.
Physical Description
388 p. illus., group ports., maps, facsims. 24 cm.
Notes
"Compiled...in celebration of the bicentennial of the county, formed in 1750, and of Carlisle the county seat, founded in 1751."
Subjects
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Carlisle (Pa.) - History - Sources.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 T969
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Conoy Township : (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) They Proudly Served

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Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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by Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart.
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Place of Publication
Masthof Press
Publisher
Morgantown, Pa. c
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
[7], 427 p. ill. 28 cm.
Notes
An accounting of those from the township who served in every military conflict of the United States from the French and Indian Wars to the invasion of Iraq.
Includes indes and endnotes: pages 411-427.
Subjects
Military biography.
Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Sweigart, Jane Andrews, e jt. author.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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2015 U. S. Women's open Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, PA July 6-12, 2015 : The Women's Open is the oldest championship open to women professionasl and amaterus. A USGA record of 1,873 golfers competed to play in the 2015 U. S. Women's Open at Lancaster Country Club

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Date of Publication
2015.
Call Number
796.35266 T974
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Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Lancaster Country Club, Lancaster, Pa.,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
72 p. ; ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Contents
PARTIAL CONTENTS. -- Jerry and Anita Hostetter (top left), Ted Brubaker (Margot's & George's son (white shirt, bottom left), p. 30 -- Mark and Patti Mauer (top left), p. 33 -- Kathryn Brandt, Bobby and Emmy (top right), p. 34 -- In the crowd, Kathryn and Bobby Brandt (top right), p. 40 -- Bernadette & Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliff and Eugene Gardner (bottom right), p. 48 -- Scott Radcliffe and Eugene Gardner (top right), p. 55 -- Bobby Brandt (top right) and Rod Messick (bottom right) p. 59.
Subjects
U. S. Women's Open (Golf tournament)
Lancaster Country Club (Lancaster, Pa.)
Golf - United States.
Golf - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Golf for women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Women golfers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Corporate Author
United States Golf Association.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
796.35266 T974
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Founding of the United Brethren Church in Lancaster County, Pennsyvania

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Author
Gibble, Phares Brubaker,
Date of Publication
1950.
Call Number
974.9 L245 v. 54 1950
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Responsibility
by Rev. P. B. Gibble.
Author
Gibble, Phares Brubaker,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1950.
Physical Description
[165] - 184 p. : ill, 23 cm.
Notes
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 54, no. 7.
Subjects
Otterbein, Philip William, - Bp., - 1726-1813.
Newcomer, Christian, - 1749-1830.
Boehm, Martin.
Newcomer, Christian.
Grosh, Christopher.
Hershey, Abraham.
Hershey, Christian,
Herr, Christian.
Herr, Abraham.
Smith, John Christian.
Riegel, John Adam.
Geyer, Geroge.
United Brethern in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church of the United Brethren in Christ - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.9 L245 v. 54 1950
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The Daniel Miller Berkeyheiser book : descendants of Daniel Miller Berkeyheiser (1844-1934) of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, PA

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Author
Burkey, Stanley Walter,
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
929 B512 2016
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Stanley Walter Burkey.
Author
Burkey, Stanley Walter,
Place of Publication
Kampala, Uganda
Publisher
Stanley Walter Burkey,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
69 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Notes
Cover title.
Includes index.
Includes lines of descent.
"Dedicated to the memory of Mary Frances Berkeyheiser Burkey (1873-1953)."
Subjects
Berkeyheiser family.
Berkeyheiser, Daniel Miller, - 1844-1934 - Family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B512 2016
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