A CENTURY OF PROGRESS ALONG LIME STREET, LANCASTER, PA. By M. LUTHER HEISEY The logical starting point of our sketch of Lime street, from its begin- nings, and of some of those who at one time had, or now have, their homes on this thoroughfare, is East King street. There, on the northwest corner

unveiling of the tablet to the memory of Count Zinzendorf, at the home of D. Paul Hershey, located on the old Newport Road, one mile north of Lititz, Pa., on Sunday, Oc- tober 11th, 1936. The actual unveiling was done by Mary Jane Hershey, the ten- year-old daughter of Mrs. Sue Snyder Hershey, whose family

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

south, the Long Swamp to the north, and the Roaring Brook rushing along what is now called Water Street! New Lancaster was on a "detour." The Great Conestoga Road, or Long Lane, passed some miles to the south of it; Old Peter Bezallion's Road and the Paxton Pike passed it many miles to the north. Even

source of water supply, before the introduction of piped water, came from the numerous wells and pumps about the city. These were vital to the welfare of the city, and were pro-· tected by city ordinances. We can learn the location of thirty-one such pumps from an old history.* City councils on October 5

on the first floor of the municipal build- ing on North Duke Street. The tablet was unveiled by Miss Hildegarde Pil- gram, a great-great-great-great-granddaughter of Sebastian Graff, who was burgess in Lancaster Borough in 1742. This was a definite linking of the present to the days of old. In

the days of old, and thousands of worshipers, as of yore, Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. — Psalm 100:4. �SOURCES OF MATERIAL Ellis and Evans' History of Lancaster County, p. 438, et seq. Klein's History of Lancaster County, vol. 2, p. 703, et seq. Memorial