for ours, their descendants, pass down to us in tangible form the story of their lives and times. The student of our early local history is confronted all along the way with un- settled questions, matters merely hinted at and doubts without number, the solving of which will always re- main to vex and

these were widely known, and most of Iii\� � them were connected with important events in her early history. The names and erection of a few of them may be Iii\� ,trJ, given : Hickory Tree, on East King street, 1722; Cross Keys, 1730; Lancaster County House, 1754; Shober's Iii\� I Hotel, 1757; Fountain

Marshall has made one of the most valuable contributions to our local history that we possess. For many years he kept a diary, a "Remembrancer," as he was pleased to call it, which, I believe I risk little in saying, is the fullest, most trust- worthy and readable of all the similar productions of that

an age-long custom. History does not record a time when monuments were not the customary means of commemorating great events, historic occasions and distinguished services. Standing in the midst of your people, on a central and commanding site, in the shadow of your ancient church, this shaft will

Odds and Ends of Local History. It will be very generally conceded, I believe, that the four or five histories of Lancaster county which have been given to the public during the past sixty years have covered the field fairly well, both in their fullness of detail and their accuracy in the state

five daily newspapers. There is hardly a family in the city, however hum- ble, that does not take a daily newspaper, and many persons take two and three. But how many of the present readers of the daily newspapers know anything about the early publications? How many in this audience know when the first

, then read the paper which he had been requested to prepare. He dwelt upon the importance of Lancaster county as a field for the historian, and the fact that heretofore we have largely neglected our own history. The hope was expressed that much of the early material, now lost, might yet be rescued and

EARLY LOCAL HISTORY. Although we may sometimes be in- clined to think we have well-nigh ex- hausted the sources of our history, and that there is little left for pres- ent and future gleaners, the truth is, that is altogether an erroneous and sho rt - sigh ted vi ew of the ca s e . Be - cause there

, the petitions for the laying out of roads in the Road Dock- et of the Court of Quarter sessions between 1740 and 1775 ask for these conveniences to enable the people to more easily reach "mill and market." But horses were not numerous in these early days, and mere bridle paths were sufficient for a