The Conestoga Wagon A Pennsylvania German Product By H. C. FREY T HE Conestoga wagon was unquestionably a Pennsylvania German product. Lancaster county gets the credit for its origin. Many claimants say that it was modeled after the old English covered wagon. Might not the old English covered wagon

. Fishel, Jr., "Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870-1883", Civil War History, XIV (Dec., 1968), 334-335. 2I have used a number of terms to identify the geographical subdivisions of Lancaster County in the 1850's that a reader might find confusing. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution

The History of the Gas and electric industries in Lancaster County By HORACE RICHARDS BARNES Introduction STUDENTS of economics and business are familiar with con- solidations and mergers. Indeed integration, either horizontal or vertical, or a combination of the two types of integration, is an

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

in Pennsylvania, known as Lancaster County, has developed into the "Garden Spot of Amer- ica."' Lancastrians, whether native or adopted, pride themselves on a past steeped on heroic actions and of their forefathers' participa- tion and contributions in the shaping and guiding of not only their county

' reports Business records Conestoga View (Lancaster, Pa.) Hospitals--Admission and discharge Hospitals--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County Poor--Services for--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History Registers Scrapbooks �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633