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Through the windows of Wickersham

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Author: Hiestand, Esther Mae Longenecker,

Date of Publication: 1986

Call Number: 370 H633

Responsibility: by Mrs. Paul Hiestand

Author: Hiestand, Esther Mae Longenecker,

Place of Publication: Elizabethtown, PA

Publisher: Y/Z Printing Co.

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 166 p. ill. 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index

Contents: Part I: Stackstown- History of Stackstown, Tillman S. Kraybill farm, Oliver Sager, William Ort, Benjamin Hoffman, Goudie's Creamery, Aunt Sally's store, Demmy's milk route, Stackstown Store // Part II: Billmeyer: J. E. Baker, Conoy Store, Billmeyer School, Rebecca Chapel, Bainbridge Sportsmen's Club // Part III: Wickersham School.

Summary: "Located in the rolling hills of Lancaster County,Pennsylvania, the Wickersham Grammar School faithfully served the surrounding communities from 1870 to 1955....Although the Wickersham School forms the heart of this book, I have included the history of Stackstown and Billmeyer, since the pupils who attended the school came from these areas." [from the preface]

Subjects: Wickersham School (Conoy Twp.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Schools - Conoy Twp.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Education.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Social life and customs.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 370 H633

The passing scene : stories and photographs of old-time Reading and Berks

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Author: Meiser, George M.

Date of Publication: 1982-

Call Number: 974.816 M515

Responsibility: by George M. Meiser, IX and Gloria Jean Meiser.

Author: Meiser, George M.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication: 1982-

Physical Description: v. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Articles reprinted from the Reading eagle, 1977-1982.; Includes index.; Library has: v. 13 & 14.

Subjects: Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Reading (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Meiser, Gloria Jean.

Additional Title: Reading eagle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 M515

Tax Lists: Conestoga Twp., Columbia Boro, Conoy Twp., Drumore, Earl Twp

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20796

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Date of Publication: 1985

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #33

Author: Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau

Place of Publication: Harrisburg, PA

Publisher: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Date of Publication: 1985

Series: Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.

Notes: Conestoga Twp. 1844 & 1846; Columbia Borough 1845; Conoy Twp. 1844-47; Drumore Twp. 1823, 1825-1827, 1831-1846; Earl Twp. 1823-1827 ["no" is handwritten over 1823 on the box], 1831-1837, 1839-1842, 1845-1846 (Earl Twp. continued on reels #34 & 35)

Subjects: Taxation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Columbia (Lancaster County, Pa. : Borough) - Genealogy.; Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Microfilm

Call Number: Drawer 6, sec. 4: #33

The Steinmans of Lancaster : a family and its enterprises

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Author: Brubaker, John H.

Date of Publication: c1984.

Call Number: 929 S823b

Responsibility: John H. Brubaker, III.

ISBN: 0961378204

Author: Brubaker, John H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Steinman Enterprises,

Date of Publication: c1984.

Physical Description: xv, 219 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; This is the family history of prominent civic leaders and industrial promoters of Lancaster. Steinman Enterprises in Lancaster have included hardware merchandising, cotton and iron manufacture, newspaper and commercial printing, radio, television and cable television.; Bibliography: p. 209-211.

Subjects: Steinman family.; Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.; Publishers and publishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Businesspeople - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 S823b

Conestoga United Methodist Church Conestoga, Lancaster County, Pa. formerly Conestoga Methodist Episcopal Church records for Safe Harbor Circuit

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1533

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 287 C747

Responsibility: prepared and indexed by Pauline Benedict James.

Place of Publication: Photocopy

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: 3 vol. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Contains records of Colemanville Church (Rineer page 79 # 6) Conestoga Church (Rineer page 80 # 7)and Safe Harbor Church (Rineer page 285 # 10)..; Book I, 1927 - 1957 includes baptisms, deaths and marriages.; Book 3, 1927 - 1957 is the membership register.; Includes separate index for these two volumes plus Safe Harbor records at CR 287 S128c.

Subjects: Safe Harbor Methodist Church (Manor Township); Colemanville Methodist Church (Conestoga Township); Conestoga Methodist Church (Conestoga Township); Register of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 287 C747

One Year Lancaster in 1870-1880: A compilation from newspapers with accompanying notes

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Date of Publication: c.1980.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO H465

Responsibility: compiled with comments by George L. Heiges.

Place of Publication: Typescript

Date of Publication: c.1980.

Physical Description: v. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Extractions from the various newspapers of Lancaster, Pa., done a hundred years after the events took place to satisfy the curiousity of the compiler.; Includes index.; Library lacks 1874 and 1875.

Subjects: Newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Intelligencer Journal (Newspaper); Examiner and Express (Newspaper); New Era (Newspaper); American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 1870-1880.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs. - 1870-1880.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 1870--1880.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO H465

Grave undertakings : gravestone inscriptions of Old Warwick Township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Date of Publication: c1989-

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Responsibility: by Martha J. Xakellis.

ISBN: 155856019X (v. 1); 1558561226 (v. 2); 1558562044 (v. 3)

Author: Xakellis, Martha J.

Place of Publication: Apollo, PA

Publisher: Closson Press,

Date of Publication: c1989-

Physical Description: v. <1-4 > : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents: v. 1. Elizabeth Township -- v. 2. Warwick Township -- v. 3. Clay township -- v.4. Penn Township -- v. 5. Lititz Borough.

Subjects: Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County : Township); Inscriptions - Pennsylvania - Elizabeth (Lancaster County : Township); Registers of births, etc. - Pennyslania; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lititz.; Warwick (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Elizabeth (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Clay (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.; Lititz (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 X1

Down the pike : a history of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company

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Author: Nelson, John H.

Date of Publication: 1989.

Call Number: 388 N427

Responsibility: written by John H. Nelson.

Author: Nelson, John H.

Place of Publication: McConnellsburg, PA

Publisher: Fulton County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1989.

Physical Description: 65, 35 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.

Series: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.) (Series) ;

Notes: Includes text of: Laws relating to the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company (Chambersburg, Pa. : M. Kieffer, 1860).; Bibliography: p. 63-64.

Contents: Contents: 1. A brief look at the development of turnpikes -- 2. The origination of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company -- 3. Growth and demise of the company -- 4. End of an era -- 5. Bridges -- 6. Tollgates and tollhouses -- 7. Incidents along the pike -- Stockholders, managers and toolkeepers -- Sources -- Laws of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company

Subjects: Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company - History.; Toll roads - Pennsylvania.; Bedford County (Pa.) - History.; Fulton County (Pa.) - History.; Franklin County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 388 N427

The Cocalico Valley in 1891 : Extracts from an annual business review of that year

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Date of Publication: 1986.

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, 1986

Place of Publication: [Ephrata, Pa.]

Publisher: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Date of Publication: 1986.

Notes: In: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v. 11 (1986).; Extracted from the Annual Business Review of Lancaster County, published by Franklin Publishing Company of Philadelphia.; Click on Table of Contents for more information.

Contents: Jos. Cooper, manufacturer of fine Havana Cigars--A.W. Mentzer & Son, General Store--J.G. Sprecher & Sons, Hardware--M. Kinport, Cigar Factory--L. S. Landes, General Merchandise--J.R. Royer & Co., Grain, Flour, Feed, Hay & Phosphate--J.J. Baer, Planing Mill--H.C. Gemperling, Plumber & Dealer in Plain, Japanned & Stamped Tinware--Herchelroth's Confectionery, Ice Cream, Etc.--Mrs. E.R.McAA, Dealer in Musical Merchandise of Every Description--Spangler & Konigmacher, Wholesaler Dealers in Wines & Liquors--Sener Bros. & Co., Coal, Lumber, Slate, Salt, Etc.--S.G. Herman, Grocer--Levi Keller, Groceries, Provisions, Queensware, Etc.--J.M. Sheaffer, General Store--M. Netzley, Furniture & Undertaking--J.W. Leber & Co. Livery Stable.

Subjects: Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Cocalico Valley, (Pa.).; Cigar industry - Pennsylvania; Cocalico Valley, (Pa.) - History.; Cocalico Valley, (Pa.) - Industries.

Additional Corporate Author: Franklin Publishing Company (Pa.)

Additional Title: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 JHSCV, 1986

Archive

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Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Object ID: MG0123

Date Range: 1819-1977

is privately owned and spans the Little Conestoga Creek near Lancaster City in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It has one span of about 55 feet and was built in 1868. The owners use the old Mill for Church and School functions. There is a Datestone on the Mill which reads ‘Erbauen Von Andreas

1 document

Collection: Transportation Collection

Title: Transportation Collection

Description: The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.

Date Range: 1819-1977

Year Range From: 1819

Year Range To: 1977

Date of Accumulation: 1819-1977

Creator: LancasterHistory (Organization)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Bitner, John R.; Boardman, Harris; Bowman, John Jacob; Boyer, Zaccur Prall; Cirt, Anna N.; Griest, William Walton; Hostetter, Albert Keller; Kemrer, Clarence M.; Knapp, Walter; Kreider, Kate; Kriebel, Howard Wiegner; McClellan, Oliver Eldridge; Royer, David; Shuman, James P.; Wohlsen, Anna; Wohlsen, Peter

Subjects: Letters; Minutes (Records); Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.); Posters; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading & Columbia Railroad Company; Street-railroads; Trolley cars

Search Terms: Adamstown; Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; Blueprints; Booklets; Brochures; Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Center Square Road Station; Chestnut Street; Christiana; Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Columbia; Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad; Conestoga Traction Company; Conestoga Transportation Company; Conewago Water and Power Company; Correspondence; Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania; Drawings; Duke Street; East Belt line; East King Street; East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.; Elizabethtown; Engleside, Lancaster Twp.; Ephemera; Ephrata; Express Printing Company; Greeting cards; Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania; Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.; J. G. Brill Company; Kinport Road; Lancaster; Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway; Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company; Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company; Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike; Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Letters; Lititz; Maple Grove; Maps; Marietta Avenue; North Market Street; Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.; Minutes; Mount Joy; Mulberry Street; National Railway Historical Society; Neffsville, Manheim Twp.; North End Photo Finishing House; North Lime Street; North Queen Street; Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Penn Square; Pequea Twp.; Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company; Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Photographs; Placards; Substations; President Avenue; Princess Street; Prospect Street; Quarryville; Railroads; Rates and tolls; Reading and Columbia Railroad Company; Receipts; Red Rose Transit Authority; Reports; Roads; Rocky Springs Railroad Company; Schuylkill Navigation Company; Scrapbooks; South Mountain Railroad; South Queen Street; Stock certificates; Susquehanna Railroad; Tickets; Tolls; Trolley car barns; Trolley car yards; Trolley cars; Trolleys; Turnpikes; Walnut Street; WGAL (television station); Williams Park Station; Willow Street Turnpike; Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania; WLAN (radio station); Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania; York Bus Company; York Fair; York Railway Company

Extent: 2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0123

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-123

Classification: MG0123

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Added to database 23 September 2021.

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