A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

Survey. of 19th Century iron Industry in Lancaster County BY JACK WARD WILLSON LOOSE The romance of eighteenth century iron industry has appealed to many historians, novelists and artists. Mention of this dram- atic enterprise immediately suggests lovely stone mansions sur- rounded, plantation-wise

. 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

Tinkerers, Mechanics and Inventors of Lancaster County By John Ward Willson Loose A few caveats are in order. My essay is not an "in depth" study of each and every tinkerer, mechanic and inventor that ever worked in Lancaster County, nor does it attempt to single out every person who contributed in

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

sensitive to differences in quality and more responsive to changes in price!' The growth of the American economy resulted in increased rail and coke pig iron production, both oriented toward western Pennsylvania," and neither helpful to Lancaster County iron makers. The last anthracite furnace built in

Major John Hubley, Captain Joseph Hubley, Colonel Adam Hubley, and Captain George Hubley. The Hubleys were members of Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster. Michael served as barracks master in Lancaster during the Revolution. In 1777 the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania appointed him a justice

anthracite fuel in its puddling furnaces.11 Availability of bituminous coal and coke from western Pennsylvania at Lancaster, Columbia and Marietta suggests the possibility of their use in puddling furnaces in Lancaster County after the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed across the state in 1854. 12 In fact

greatest number of members is situated in a sparsely populated rural county containing a few boroughs and no institutions of higher learning. This county has only a fifth of the population Lancaster County boasts. Our study would tend to show the "older" counties of eastern Pennsylvania—those which

shall be a Court of Record es- tablished in and for the city and county of Lancaster by the name and style of 'The District Court for the City and County of Lancaster,' which shall consist of a president, who shall have power to try, hear and determine all civil pleas and actions, real, per- sonal and