History of the Mountwaybia Club Mrs. B. Frank Eshleman On the Western border of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania there functions a small literary club which has been enjoyed by a succession of women for almost fifty years. Known as the Mount- waybia Club, it was founded in 1924 on the principles of

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

would be here to attend the races in July, 1870. Certain, it is about that time the President was on a fishing trip in Pennsylvania, on Young-Woman's Creek, with the Camerons, Col. Duffy and the late John A. Hiestand as local hosts; and they may have started to drive from Marietta to Lancaster; but they

People, N. W. Thompson, 1934. 12 Harrisburg—Old and New, M. H. Brackbill, 1940. 13 Pennsylvania Cavalcade, W.P.A. Project, 1942. 14 Centennial History of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1946. �

Uhler), 1851-1915. Title: The attitude of James Buchanan (a citizen of Lancaster County) towards the institution of slavery in the United States / by W. U. Hensel, Esq. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 --Views on slavery. Slavery--Law and legislation--United States--History

and genteel living off my landed estate, to be proportionately borne by my legatees." Major James Mercer was a witness to the will. The following flattering extract, taken from a letter of Lieutenant Col- onel, later General, Hand, of this county, to his wife, dated Camp Pros- pect Hill, November 10

latter, the lower Marietta Station was dismantled. �The settlements were, as in other furnace localities of an earlier period, somewhat feudal in character. They were made up of the furnace workers, tenant farmers who might live some dis- tance away from the furnaces, wagon and coach makers, wood

. "Weather Indications,"' The Daily New Era. March 10, 1888 6. "Weather Indications," loc. cit. 7. John Baer, Pennsylvania Calendar Of The Year Of Our Lord Jesus Christ, 1888, Leap Year 366 Days. Lancaster, 1888. Translated from the original German by John W. W. Loose, May 2, 1964. 8. "The Great Storm," loc

years. Valentine, her husband, died May 12, 1786, aged eighty-three years. Jacob M. West- haeffer was the only child of Michael and Anna Maria Messersmith, both mem- bers of St. James' Episcopal Church. He was born in Lancaster, December 4, 1818, and married Mary Catharine White, of Howard county

The Life and Times of The Green Dragon By Kathryn Donaldson The farmer's market has been a part of Lancaster County life since the 1700s. When the city of Lancaster was first planned, space was set aside for just that purpose. It is truly amazing how little has been documented for posterity