Lancaster County. Many of these enter- prises are gone now. Flourmilling was the county's major dollar- producer in the mid-nineteenth century. Shoe and boot-making was another large industry that should be covered thoroughly. Political history never seems to seize control; it is content to be an old

Continental Congress to the present time, there have been nine places that have hosted the government of the newly-indepen- dent states under the Continental Congress, the Articles of Confederation, and the present Constitution. They are: Philadelphia, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. Baltimore, Md. Philadelphia, Pa

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the

societies had the pleasant experience of the Lancaster society which was the unsolicited support of the township school district. Inasmuch as the historical society is, or should be, an extension of the regular history classes in schools; school districts should feel that support is fully justified