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Through the windows of Wickersham

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1624
Author
Hiestand, Esther Mae Longenecker,
Date of Publication
1986
Call Number
370 H633
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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
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The great Conestoga road

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7966
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908
Material: Book Subject(s): Conestoga Turnpike (Pa.)--History. Roads--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Maps. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--17th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908 Description: [215]-232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[215]-232 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 6
Subjects
Conestoga Turnpike (Pa.)
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 6 (1908), p. 215-232Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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Be a good boy ; good-bye, and other back home poems

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9525
Author
Shroy, John Lincoln,
Date of Publication
1906.
Call Number
811 S561
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Responsibility
By John L. Shroy.
Author
Shroy, John Lincoln,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Press of J.B. Lippincott
Date of Publication
1906.
Physical Description
xi, [13]-224 p. front., plates 13 1/2 cm.
Notes
Part of plates printed on both sides.
Subjects
Poetry of places - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel - Poetry.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
811 S561
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5154
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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The passing scene : stories and photographs of old-time Reading and Berks

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16899
Author
Meiser, George M.
Date of Publication
1982-
Call Number
974.816 M515
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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
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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
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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
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The Steinmans of Lancaster : a family and its enterprises

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6424
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
c1984.
Call Number
929 S823b
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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
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First mortgage : Conestoga Realty Company to the Lancaster Trust Company, trustee, dated May 1, 1908 for $500,000

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo15305
Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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Responsibility
by Conestoga Realty Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Press ,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
42 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Conestoga Realty Company (Lancaster, Pa.) - Finance.
Mortgages - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Real estate business - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
The Lancaster Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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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
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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
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One Year Lancaster in 1870-1880: A compilation from newspapers with accompanying notes

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1576
Date of Publication
c.1980.
Call Number
974.815 LACO H465
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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
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