: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921. Title: The Wabank House : the story of a Lancaster County summer resort / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Wabank House (Lancaster, Pa.) Historic buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Resorts--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Lancaster

was framed in our little Court House as well as the spontaneous ma- chinery for carrying it out. The re- sult of this meeting was a great meet- ing and uprising of the city and county two or three weeks later. (1) Rupp's History of Lancaster County, p. 372. �The People Speak Out. On the ninth of July

used for the public offices of the said County, and its (title) to the ground upon which the said building stands." The present Court House was completed in 1854, and the first session of Court was held in the new building on November 20, 1854. A news item in the Lancaster Intelligencer of September 5

Preservation Trust of Lancaster County. The Trust completed its first historic sites survey of the city between 1978 and 1981, the results of which were published in 1985 as part of a report entitled Our Present Past. In 1992, the Trust, in conjunction with John Milner Associates, completed Preserving

The Political History and Development of Lancaster County's First Twenty Years, 1729-1749 Partisan political sentiment existed in Lancaster county at the time of its creation in 1729, the division of sentiment being on the very question of organizing the county. The econ- omical German-Swiss

History of St. John's (Center) Reformed Church, &tot Ear/ Township, Lancaster County By GLENN WEAVER Introduction About mid-way between the small towns of Terre Hill and Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, on a small hill overlooking the lovely valley of the Black Creek, stands a small country church—rich

. Herbert H. Beck and C. H. Martin of the Lancaster County Historical Society; Rev. Arlington Gerhard of Philadelphia ; Rev. John B. Bucher of Ephrata, and the writer. Talks were also given by teachers who served at the old and the new Clay Schoolhouses. On such occasions, it is customary to give a history

): Deed Book Q, Vol. 6, 408 (April 14, 1828) : Deed Book G, Vol. 7, 582 (Dec. 16, 1852); and, Deed Book W, Vol. 8, 12 (April 7, 1848). All the Deed Books are located at the Lancaster County Court House, Recorder of Deeds Office, Lan- caster, Pennsylvania. "Warner, "The Colonization Society", 105-107. 22

combined membership of its sister institutions along the Susquehanna would be reason enough to scrutinize its historical development. A glimpse in the most comprehensive local history underscores the need to study Bethel. Ellis & Evans" History of Lancaster County (1883) 3 , although over 100 years old

�of praise. Considering that it is upon this spot that the legal history of the county had its birth, and that in tile house within your sight the Courts likely first undertook to administer justice, is it not fitting that the place be marked by a stone which will stand with the everlasting hills