84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

Lead and Zinc Industry in Lancaster County by John W. W. Loose Lancaster's role in the lead and zinc industry is another piece of hidden history. Persons travelling the Old Harrisburg Pike or the newer highway (Route 283) between McGovernville and Landisville would never recognize the quiet little

Met in Philadelphia on the 30th of December, 1849 (Philadelphia, Pa.: The General Committee, 1850), pp. 1-8. 3. Louis Hartz, Economic Policy and Democratic Thought: Pennsylvania, 1776-1860 (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1948), p. 15; Victor S. Clark, History of Manufactures in the United

A History of Sin and Vice: Lancaster—The Fallen Angel By John W. W. Loose, FLCHS in a community remarkable for its many churches and the reputed piety of its citizenry, the very thought of sin and vice is improbable. In this time of social disintegration and family dysfunction, it is not uncommon

information on "Russia and Things Russian," the theme for 1917-1918. The "War to End all Wars" aroused Clio to ponder "The Rise and Growth of Human Freedom" during 1918-1919. The following year was devoted to "Great Books and Their Influence." During the "Roaring Twenties," Clio rose above the fast pace