weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

of the best in the United States, and the view of the surrounding country is unsurpassed by any in the world." These records show that horse-racing in harness had not been introduced into Lancaster county prior to 1830. In fact, the trotter and pacer did not come into their own, as a distinctively

was dismantled, its cavity being filled with rocks torn from its top and sides. Christian Myers died in Philadelphia on October 6, 1877. His age was eighty-one years. His name is enrolled in the Capitol at Harrisburg as a representative citizen of Clarion County. His wife (born Martha Henaberger of

RockSpringsand Surrounding By HERBERT H. BEM Rock Springs and Indian Bowls Rock Springs, in southern Fulton Township, Lancaster County, are prob- ably unique in America. It is doubtful if their combination of extraordinary geological and archaeological characters exists anywhere else. As one of the

hereunto inter- changeably set their Hands and Seals, the Day and Year first above written. (Signed) Justus Krow (Wax Seal) Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Moses Hazen W. White One relic, germane to our subject, of the life and times of these mer- cenaries in northern Lancaster County, where many

Huebener, 1875-1960. Title: Historical sketch of rural field sports in Lancaster County / by Herbert H. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Hunting--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1923 Description: 149-160 p. ; 23 cm. Series

Elizabeth Furnace Plantation Herbert H. Beck Elizabeth Furnace Plantation, one of the historic and picturesque features of Pennsylvania, began with John Jacob Huber of Germany. In 1746 Huber acquired 400 acres of lands, with allowance of 18 acres for roads, then in Warwick Township, Lancaster

of pioneer days and armed the Lewis and Clark expedition; these are all given full credit by the Society's authors and by authoritative Captain John G. Dillin, for their * See Vol. IX, page 59; Vol. IX, page 67; and Vol. XXX, page 47, in the Proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society. t