Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year April 1 - June 30, 1876 Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges "MARIETTA ITEM - On Saturday last John Bell of Marietta shot a fine specimen of the American Swan (Cygnus Americanus) on the river opposite the Holloware Works. It measured 4 ft. 2 in. in

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Lancaster, Pennsylvania Part Two —1762- 1980 By Dr. George L. Heiges THE CIVIL WAR YEARS 1862 —1867 Rev. Frederick W. Conrad, D. D. Rev. Samuel Laird. D. D. A successor to Doctor Krotel was selected in the person of Rev. Frederick William Conrad

in the same general area of the city of Lancaster where those early Lutherans met, their descendents and successors faithfully assemble Sun- day after Sunday. In 1729 the County of Lancaster was erected and in the following year the Borough of Lancaster had its beginning, and in that same year a

Lancaster in 1876 Observing the Centennial Year July 1 - September 30, 1876 Annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges "THE HIGH SCHOOL—Last evening on invitation of John I. Hart- man, President of the School Board, the graduating classes of the High Schools, the teachers of all the schools together with

Library of the Lancaster County Historical Society does not have a complete file of any one single city newspaper for the year eighteen hundred and seventy six. The following newspapers were used: January through June, Lancaster Evening Express; July through August, Lancaster Intelligencer; September

papers in a single year. In all he is credited with 600 papers on natural history subjects." As to Prof. Cope's search for the eyeless catfish, we turned to Mombert's History of Lancaster County (1869) for more data and there in the section on fish prepared by J. Stauffer, we read the fol- lowing