folk of Lancaster County could and did support a Ku Klux Klan movement in the 1920s came as a shock to many �THIRD EDITOR MARTIN LUTHER HEISEY Born 31 October 1881 in Lancaster. Died 23 February 1964, aged 82. M. Luther Heisey was born, reared, worked and died in the shadow of Grace Lutheran Church

. Transportation was important, for coal does not occur in Lancaster County. Anthracite coal was brought to Lancaster County by canal boat, as was steam coal from southwestern Pennsylvania. The newer furnaces had to be located on or near canals, and along railroads for delivery of pig and wrought iron to the

Street. Dr. William B. Fahnestock and James Damant became interested in Louis Daguerre's experiments with photography. Dr. Fahnestock, a prominent physician, was born in Lancaster in 1804, and had the good fortune to marry into the noted Reigart family. He always was in advance of his times, and even

, Jr., "The Geology of Lancaster County," Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Board of Commissioners for the Second Geological Survey, 1880) pp- 196-198. 2 Ibid, pp. 198-203. 3 B. L. Miller, "Lead and Zinc Ores of Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Topo- graphical and Geological Survey

anthracite fuel in its puddling furnaces.11 Availability of bituminous coal and coke from western Pennsylvania at Lancaster, Columbia and Marietta suggests the possibility of their use in puddling furnaces in Lancaster County after the Pennsylvania Railroad was completed across the state in 1854. 12 In fact

, St. Paul's, 1911 51. Columbia, St. James's, 1920 52. Lancaster, St. Matthew's, 1947 53. Lancaster, (East Hempfield Twp.), Holy Spirit (derived from Trinity of Rohrerstown), 1959 54. Lancaster (Manheim Twp.), Good Shepherd (merger of Advent and St. Mark's congregations), 1971 N. B. Historians use

sensitive to differences in quality and more responsive to changes in price!' The growth of the American economy resulted in increased rail and coke pig iron production, both oriented toward western Pennsylvania," and neither helpful to Lancaster County iron makers. The last anthracite furnace built in

to extend to you the compliments of the Lancaster County Historical Society this evening as we gather to honor those Pennsylvanians who have left their indelible mark upon our commonwealth and nation. Announcement in the local press that Congressman Thaddeus Stevens was to be inducted into the