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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1908.

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Date of Publication: 1908.

Physical Description: 2 p. Î²., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.

Notes: LCHS copy inscribed by author.

Subjects: Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Susquehanna Indians.; Conestoga Indians.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8011 E75

A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c

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Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

Author: Kilburn, Francis,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Pearsol and Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 [2] p. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Cover title.; Includes local business cards and advertisements.; Not in Wilkinson.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - Commerce.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 974.815 L244p 1870

A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers

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Date of Publication: 1870.

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,

Date of Publication: 1870.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes: Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Kilburn, Francis.

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Report of the committee having in charge the marking of the site of the Postlethwaite Tavern where the first Courts of Justice in Lancaster County were held

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Date of Publication: 1915

monument to all of the peoples of Lancaster county and especially to the citizens of Conestoga township, and through you. Harry Fehl, to the family of George Fehl, we deliver its care and protection, and to his descendants and to all future possessors of the Postle- thwaite farm we deliver it in charge

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Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1915

Physical Description: 219-301 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 19, no. 8

Subjects: Postlethwaite, John.; Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.); Courts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Speeches, addresses, etc., American.; Courthouses - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Dedication services.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 19, number 8 (1915), p. 219-301Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.19

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The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others

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Author: Martin, Richard E.

Date of Publication: [2014]; Â©2014

Call Number: 672 M382

Responsibility: by Richard E. Martin.

ISBN: 9780615967578; 0615967574

Author: Martin, Richard E.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster County, Pennsylvania]; Morgantown, PA

Publisher: Richard E. Martin,; Printed by Masthof Press

Date of Publication: [2014]; Â©2014

Physical Description: vi, 193 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 23 cm

Notes: "Over 120 illustrations."; Includes bibliographical references (171-172) and index.

Contents: Labor on the plantation -- Charcoal making -- Furnaces operation -- Refining the iron -- Lancaster furnaces -- Rolling mills -- Ironworks sequence -- The ironmasters -- Ore mines -- Preserved iron furnaces -- Paths and trails -- Fords and ferries.

Subjects: Stiegel, Henry William, - 1729-1785.; Coleman, Robert, - 1748-1825.; Coleman family.; Grubb family.; Haldeman, Henry B.; Haldeman family.; Watts, Henry.; Jacobs family.; Potts family.; Taylor family.; Watts family.; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Charcoal industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Iron and steel workers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 672 M382

Lancaster County : the red rose of Pennsylvania

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Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 1994.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

Responsibility: John Ward Willson Loose ; "Partners in Progress" by Gary G. Martin and Donald L. Collins.

ISBN: 1884166032 :

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Canoga Park, CA

Publisher: CCA Publications,

Date of Publication: 1994.

Physical Description: [6], 158 p.: ill., some col. ; 29 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Chamber of Commerce (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster County Historical Society (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancasater Malleable Castings, Co. (Lancaster, Pa.).; J. Walter Miller Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Raub Supply Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Alumax Mill Products (Lancaster, Pa.).; High Industries, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Federal-Mogul Corporation (Lancaster, Pa.).; Serta Mattress Company (Lancaster, Pa.).; Cassey Engineering (Salunga, Pa.).; Lancaster Labratories (Lancaster, Pa.).; Ford New Holland (New Holland, Pa.).; Liberty Sign and Can Company (Lancastaear, Pa.).; J. L. Clark, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; Simon Ladder Towers, Inc. (Leola, Pa.).; Lancaster Paint and Glass (Lancaster, Pa. ).; Wickersham Construction and Engineering, Inc. (Lancaster, Pa.).; SICO Company (Mt. Joy, Pa.).; Denver and Ephrata Telephone and Telegraph Company (Pa.).; Bank of Lancaster County (Pa.).; Fulton Bank (Lancaster, Pa).; CoreStates Hamilton Bank (Lancaster, Pa.); Dauphin Deposit Bank (Pa.); Ross, Buehler, Falk and Company (Pa.).; Community Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; Lancaster General Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.).; St. Joseph Hospital (Lancaster, Pa.); Corporate Healthcare Strategies, Inc. (Pa.); Warner-Lambert Company (Pa.).; Lancasater Bible College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Franklin & Marshall College (Lancaster, Pa.).; Acorn Press (Pa.).; Lancaster Newspapers (Lancaster, Pa.).; John Cope's Food Products (Pa.).; Dutch Gold Honey (Pa.).; Kellogg Company (Pa.).; Stauffers of Kissel Hill (Pa.).; Hammond Pretzel Bakery (Lancaster, Pa.).; Zimmerman Foods (Pa.).; Turkey Hill Dairy (Pa.).; Wilbur Chocolate Company (Lititz, Pa.); Groff's Farm Restaurant (Pa.).; Hotel Brunswick (Lancaster, Pa.).; Eden Resort Inn (Lancaster, Pa.).; Bulova Technologies (Lancaster, Pa.); Business enterprises - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO L863L; 974.815 LACO L863La

"The wealth of years" : collecting and remembering Lancaster County; an exhibit at the Lancaster County Historical Society December 2000-June 2001

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Date of Publication: 2001.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2001.

Physical Description: 52-104 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.103, no.2.

Contents: From slavery to freedom--middle class African-Americans in Lancaster County (Hannah Bosley, William Whipper, Stephen Smith, Dinah McIntire)--Joseph Simon: Jewish merchant and philanthropist of the eighteenth century--Firefighting in early Lancaster--Family history at the Lancaster County Historical Society (Demuth family history)--Cooking in the County--Blanche Nevin--Lloyd Mifflin: artist and sonneteer--The bridge at Columbia--Ephrata Cloister--A distinguished military family (Henry A. Hambright)--A midwife (Susana Rohrer Mueller)--John Wise, balloonist (1808-1879)--Jasper Yeates, attorney and Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice--Thaddeus Stevens--Robert Fulton, engineer and artist--"Gold!" (John Augustus Sutter)--George Washington--Oddities and the END.

Subjects: Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) - Exhibitions.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 103, number 2 (2001), p. 52-104Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.103, no.2

Churches of today and yesterday in southern Lancaster County

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Date of Publication: 1968]

Call Number: 200 D921

Responsibility: Raymond L. Dunlap, editor, assisted by George E. Herbert [and] Richard G. Yates, Sr.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster? Pa

Publisher: Fellowship of Solanco Churches

Date of Publication: 1968]

Physical Description: xvii, 204 p. illus., port. 24 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: p. 192.; African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society

Subjects: Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Baptist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Brethren Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Church of God - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lutheran Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Mennonite Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; United Methodist Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Roman Catholic Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Episcopal Church - Pennyslvania - Lancaster County; African Methodist Episcopal Church - Lancaster County; Independent Churches - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Dunlap, Raymond L.,; Herbert, George E.,; Yates, Richard G.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 200 D921

Runaways, rascals, and rogues : missing spouses, servants, and slaves ; abstracts from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, newspapers

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Date of Publication: c1987-

Call Number: 911.2 H389

Responsibility: edited by Gary T. Hawbaker.

Place of Publication: Hershey, Pa. (P.O. Box 207, Hershey 17033)

Publisher: G.T. Hawbaker,

Date of Publication: c1987-

Physical Description: v. <1 > : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. Lancaster journal, 1794-1810.

Subjects: Runaway husbands - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Runaway wives - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Indentured servants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Abstracts.; Fugitive slaves - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Hawbaker, Gary T.

Additional Title: Lancaster County journal.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 911.2 H389

Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks, and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania / compiled and published by C.Z. Mast and Robert E. Simpson

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Date of Publication: 1942.

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

Place of Publication: Elverson, Pa. ; Churchtown, Pa

Publisher: The Authors,

Date of Publication: 1942.

Physical Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.

Notes: Separate index volume compiled by J. Lemar and Lois Ann Mast in 1981.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.; Berks County (Pa.) - History.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Conestoga Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Mast, C. Z.; Simpson, Robert Emmett,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books; Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 CAER M423

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