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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19835
Author
Martin, Richard E.
Date of Publication
[2014]
©2014
Call Number
672 M382
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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]
©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
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Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16262
Date of Publication
2005.
Call Number
351.8642 M312hi
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Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2005.
Physical Description
5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.
Draft of the study.
Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.
Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.
Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.
Subjects
Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
351.8642 M312hi
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The diaries of Peter C. Hiller, Conestoga, Pennsylvania, 1875-1898 : a reflection of the life and times in Conestoga, Pennsylvania during the late 1800s

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Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Date of Publication
1994.
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Responsibility
[edited by] Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Author
Hiller, Peter C.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, PA
Publisher
P.B. Eshelman,
Date of Publication
1994.
Physical Description
xx, 420 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Library's copy inscribed by Pauline Benedict Eshelman.
Summary
Peter Clinger Hiller was born in Conestoga, PA, and lived there with his wife and four daughters. He was a teacher and farmer. He also sold and repaired organs, bought and sold tobacco, was a clerk in the Internal Revenue office selling cigar stamps along with other duties, wrote deeds for the county Recorder's office, and served as Justice of the Peace. He belonged to several civic organization and had many hobbies.
Subjects
Hiller, Peter C., - 1847-1898 - Diaries.
Hiller family.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - Sources.
Conestoga (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History - 19th century - Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Additional Author
Eshelman, Pauline Benedict.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 CONE H652
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Over here : Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during wartime

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18936
Date of Publication
2008.
Call Number
940.531 O96
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ISBN
9780974016269
0974016268
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2008.
Physical Description
vi, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 x 26 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
The fourth book in a series of photographic histories of the county illustrates how Lancastrians participated in times of war. From the Civil War to the Iraq war , from the homefront to the trenches, whether gathering scrap or going off to foreign lands.
Subjects
Civilians in war - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
War and society - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
Soldiers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 20th century - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Ryan, Thomas R.
Loose, John W.W.
Snow, Marcus S.
Wee, Kathy Wallace
Heckles, Marianne
Smucker, David Rempel
Netscher, C. Nat
Snow, Amanda
Weber, Robert W.
Rauhauser, Barry
Abel, Michael L.
Additional Corporate Author
Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
940.531 O96
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Preservation : The newsletter of the Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18815
Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Date of Publication
1979-
Call Number
729 H673n
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Corporate Author
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.)
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Preservation Trust ,
Date of Publication
1979-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly.
Notes
Library has: Vol.1, no.1 (January 1979), vol.2,no.2 (April 1980), Vol. 11,no.1 (1989), vol. 11,no.4 (1989)--vol.19, no.2 (Summer 1992), vol.20, no.2 (Fall 1993), vol.21, no.1 (Spring 1994--vol.22,no.2 (Summer-Fall 1996)--vol.23,no.2 (Spring 1998), vol.24,no.1 (winter 1999)--vol.25,no.2 (Summer 2000), vol.26, no.2 (Summer 2001)
Name changed from Preservation to Preservation News in 1998.
Subjects
Historic Preservation Trust of Lancaster County (Pa.) - Periodicals.
Buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals
Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Periodicals.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History, Local - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
729 H673n
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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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo5154
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Responsibility
by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [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
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The private records of Rev. George Jacob Martz, 1869-1878 : comprising deaths, marriages, and baptisms during his ministerium at Womelsdorf Lutheran Church, Berks County, and Lutheran Churches of the southeastern area of Lebanon County and the extreme northern area of Lancaster County, Pa

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18144
Author
Martz, George Jacob,
Date of Publication
[1978]
Call Number
974.816 M375
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Author
Martz, George Jacob,
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society,
Date of Publication
[1978]
Physical Description
38 p. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society ; no. 2 (January 1978)
Notes
Includes index.
Subjects
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.816 M375
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City Hall and its history

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1918
--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Marketplaces--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Municipal buildings--Pennsylvania--Lancaster. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1918 Description: [105]-122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series
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Responsibility
by Judge C. I. Landes.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1918
Physical Description
[105]-122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 22, no. 7
Subjects
City Hall (Lancaster, Pa.)
Public buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Marketplaces - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Municipal buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 22, number 7 (1918), p. 107-122Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.22
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The oldest daily paper of Lancaster County

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Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Date of Publication
1897
County. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--18th century. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3 Call Number
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  1 document  
Responsibility
by F. R. Diffenderffer.
Author
Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1897
Physical Description
[72]-84 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 3
Subjects
Lancaster Gazette (Lancaster, Pa.)
American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
German American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 3 (1897), p. 72-84Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1
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Lancaster at play : leisure in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication
2007.
Call Number
790 L244
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Responsibility
editors: James T. Alton and Thomas R. Ryan.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Cadmus Communications,
Date of Publication
2007.
Physical Description
vi.; 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Project manager: Marianne Heckles.
Summary
The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.
Subjects
Leisure - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 20th century - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs - 19th century - Pictorial works.
Additional Author
Heckles, Marianne.
Abel, Michael L.
Alton, James T.
Ryan, Thomas R.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
790 L244
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