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

persecuted Hussites at his Barony of Lititz. The suggestion to honor Zinzendorf and mark this old house came to The Lancaster County Historical Society from one of its members, Samuel H. Ranck, noted librarian of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doubtless the historical facts and importance of the place were brought

the Post Office in King's Street." (See fac-simile on page 4.) In 1756, the Pennsylvania Gazette advertised a list of unclaimed letters for Lancaster County folks held "at the post office in Lancaster." Previously, 1738 and 1741, the lists of letters were held at Philadelphia. Post roads were few in

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

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

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1807, before the use of steam, another Lancaster County inventive genius was working on the problem of better navigation. One Daniel Keller, of Hemp- field Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, took out a patent as early as 1795 for a design of boat, operating with paddle wheels, whose motive power

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

houses on East King Street, it brings to mind the names of those once actively engaged at these places. In imagination we can see the spirits of William L. Peiper (cashier of the Lancaster County National Bank) and John N. Lane, merchant, in ani- mated conversation on the work of the wrecking crews