A History of the Strasburg Rail Road, 1832-1862 by Lester James Kiscaden PREFACE This paper emerged out of a curiosity to investigate the origin of the Strasburg Rail Road. A life-long resident of Strasburg and interested in its past as well as its future, I felt compelled to investigate the first

, Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania, 1942 edition (Lebanon, Pa.), p. 256. About The Contributor Stephen R. Herr wrote this brief history of his church when he was a member of the Buchanan Chapter of Student Historians in April 1981. Mr. Herr presently is a student at Gettysburg College. The

HISTORICAL POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE STRASBURG TROLLEY ROAD. There is scarcely any portion of Lancaster county that does not afford valuable material for the student of local history. Almost any section can be taken up, and with the least pains towards accurate research it is sur- prising how

Ellipses, the Black Masses, and Local Elan: A Review of the Sources for a History of the Ante-Bellum Negro in Southeastern Pennsylvania by Carl D. Oblinger Commenting on the black masses in Louisiana nearly a cen- tury ago, the black sociologist, W. E. B. DuBois, noted in 1935 that "historians

carries the heaviest mail of any road in the United States. The rail- road lines are known to men in the postal service as R. P. O's. — Railway Post Offices. We print a facsimile of a letter canceled on the "Phila. & Cola. R. R., May 12, 1853." As the railroad system expanded, Lancaster County benefited

one car had been built. 18 In addition, A History of Strasburg, published in 1926, stated that the Aument brothers "also manufac- tured a Carroll Car which is in the building (old Carroll factory) at the present time."19 The 1913 Carroll 4-D-40 as it appeared in the March issue of "Auto- mobile Trade

New Castle, Penn immediately went to Upland (Chester), where even prior to 1663, Friends, in search for a congenial religious atmosphere, had settled among the Swedes. There had been Friends who migrated to America prior to the time of Quaker settlements in Pennsylvania, many of whom did not fare as

Brief Outline on the Care o the Poor, the Sick, and insane 0/ Lancaster County, /0a. BY HENRY A. SHOWALTER For more than fifty years after the erection of Lancaster County the poor were supported by the several townships. Two Overseers of the Poor were elected in each township. The constables and

A History Of An Old Frame Grist Mill Converted Into A Schoolhouse and of the Ancient Durlach Schoolhouse by DAVID G. EBERLY It is beginning to be more and more the custom of holding annual reunions at rural schoolhouses in our section of the county. On Sunday afternoon, August 18th, 1935, the