CONESTOGA By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 75-113, of the Proceedings of The Lan- Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster." In that paper the author, the late William Uhler Hensel, Esq., de- scribed, in minute

of the Glatfelter bill as well. Lancaster Chamber of Commerce Directors, in a meeting on February 23, 1925, decided to ask the Commissioners of Lancaster County to join with their contemporaries in York and place the ques- tion of floating a bond issue, which would provide funds for building a public

/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Title: Petition of sundry citizens of Cocalico presented to the County Commissioners in 1782, reporting their distress from tempest and flood. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Floods--Pennsylvania--Cocalico Township. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--1775-1865

throughout the grounds, therefore represents an opportunity for research into the colonial period in Lancaster County. Buildings which were once part of the Elizabeth Furnace Plantation village, and which appear on historic maps of the property but are no longer standing today, include at least eleven tenant

active participation of citizens in government, 1953 �• CONTENTS History ------------- -------- ------------------ ______________ _____page 3, Lancaster Goes to Its Court House --------------:------------- -------page 4 The County; its powers, the commissioners, the courts ________________page 5 The

, 1855-1911. Title: Some early county bridges / by S. M. Sener, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Burr, Theodore Bridges--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. McCall's Ferry Company (Holtwood, Pa.) Lancaster County (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County

Excellency, the President and Honorable, the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. "I, Charles Hall, agent for the sale of Forfeited Estates for the county of Lancaster, do hereby Respectfully certify on the 11th day of January, 1782, at the Court House in the Bor- ough of Lancaster

): Courts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--To 1775. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: 416-430 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County

Commissioners, empowered to erect Lancaster county, "shall purchase" a piece of land and erect "thereon a Court House, etc.," it appears that it was not completed for ten years later. Under date of No- vember 3, 1737, there is a record in the Commissioners' office that "The Com- missioners mett and considered

%20Project/Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Steinmetz, H. L. Title: Political divisions of Lancaster County / by H. L. Steinmetz. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1865-1950. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Politics and government--1775-1865. Lancaster County