Grandfathers' Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County * By D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. Whilst Lancaster County is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim

absorbed this line of 15.21 miles on April 30, 1915. The Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway, sometimes called the Peach Bottom Railroad, began operating on a regular schedule, in July, 1875. It was the first narrow gauge road in Pennsylvania, and extended from Oxford, in Chester County, through

Locomotives—Made in Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY As stated in the constitution of this Society, its object is, among other ramifications, to mark the growth and progress of population, wealth, educa- tion, agriculture, arts, manufactures and commerce in the city and county. "Peace hath her

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

, that he spent the prime of his life in Lancaster County and that he gave Pennsylvania two sons who followed closely in his footsteps. While he is also well known as an educator and a clergyman, I am concerned chiefly in his career as a scientist. We must admit that Frederick Valentine Melsheimer was

walls of this dining room. The Lancaster was built in the days of "wooden ships and iron men," and served well her country for fifty-seven years. On February 10, 1948, the battleship Pennsylvania, of 33,000 tons, flagship of the U. S. fleet, dear to all hearts in this Commonwealth, was scuttled near

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac

charter for his land in 1681, and formulated his Frame of Government in 1682. He arrived in Pennsylvania on his first visit, �October 29, 1682, and returned to England August 12, 1684. He came again to Pennsylvania December 1, 1699, hoping to spend all his remaining days here, but circumstances forced him

Susquehanna Islands in Lancaster County By M. Luther Heisey There is glamor, romance and even tragedy connected with the story of the many river islands along the Lancaster County shore. Time was when the Indians inhabited the larger islands, farming, hunt- ing, fishing, cooking, and even interring