Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

absorbed this line of 15.21 miles on April 30, 1915. The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway, sometimes called the Peach Bottom Railroad, began operating on a regular schedule, in July, 1875. It was the first narrow gauge road in Pennsylvania, and extended from Oxford, in Chester County, through

, that he spent the prime of his life in Lancaster County and that he gave Pennsylvania two sons who followed closely in his footsteps. While he is also well known as an educator and a clergyman, I am concerned chiefly in his career as a scientist. We must admit that Frederick Valentine Melsheimer was

her as a prize of war. In 1867 she was sold and renamed. In the spring of 1884 the former Harriet Lane was abandoned after grounding off the coast of Brazil. �WARSHIPS NAMED FULTON Robert Fulton, American inventor, was born in Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1765. At the age of 13 he

1807, before the use of steam, another Lancaster County inventive genius was working on the problem of better navigation. One Daniel Keller, of Hemp- field Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, took out a patent as early as 1795 for a design of boat, operating with paddle wheels, whose motive power

had a ride on the old Fall River Line, there was nothing in comparison for Lancaster County lads and lassies as a ride on the stern paddle wheel, double-decker, sea-worthy Lady Gay, which drew as much as two feet of water, and churned majestically from Witmer's Bridge to Peoples' Park and return

the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf