Authentic history of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : and Lancaster County divorces, 1788-1800, Moravian marriages at Litiz, 1743-1800, births and baptisms, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 1789-1792, some Lancaster funeral procession notices, 1841-1855, especially edited for inclusion in this reprint
Reprint. Originally published: An authentic history of Lancaster County in the state of Pennsylvania / by J.I. Mombert. Lancaster, Pa. : J.E. Barr & Co., 1869.
The ironmasters of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania : including Henry Steigel, Robert Coleman, the Grubb dynasty, Henry Haldeman, Henry Watts, and many others
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.
"Publication sponsored by the Hostetter Family Reunion."
Includes indexes.
Contents
Descendants of Jacob and Anna Hostetter of Engleside, Lancaster Cty., Pa. / by Richard L. Hostetter -- Descendants of Oswald and Maria Hostetter of Warwick Twp., Lancaster Cty., Pa. / by David J. Bachman.
A Brief history of the city of Lancaster : containing an introduction to the settlement of the county, reminiscences of the past and present of the city, the poor house and hospital, the court house, the county jail, the water works, the railroad, the Franklin and Marshall College, the manufactories, the gas works and agricultural park, with many of the old land marks, &c. ; also, the business cards of the principal merchants and manufacturers
Published by Francis Kilburn ; Pearsol & Geist, printers,
Date of Publication
1870.
Physical Description
40 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Notes
Bound with The Bible in Iron (1914) and Old Home Week Manheim, Pa. (1912) -- this copy is missing as of 4/11/2024. Please access using the electronic copy.
A brief history of the city of Lancaster; Containing an introduction to the settlement of the county; reminiscences of the past and present of the city; the poor house and hospital; the court house; the county jail; the water works; the railroad; the Franklin and Marshall College; the manufactories; the gas works and agricultural park; with many of the old "land marks," &c
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
Meynen, Bibliography on German settlements in colonial North America, no. 4266.
Includes photographs--Lancaster County's Almshouse and Insane Hospital--The City Hall, Lancaster, PA--Center Square--Boat Landing, Rocky Springs--Old Toll House--Witmer's Bridge--First Milestone--Rockford--Home of George L. Buckwalter--Oak Hill-Home of Justice J. Hay Brown--Home of Mr. N.M. Woods--Farm House of P.E. Slaymaker--Bleak House-Country Home of W.U. Hensel--White Chimneys-Home of S.R. Slaymaker--Gap Clock Tower--Where Wm. Penn met the Schwanka Chiefs in1700--Old Riot House--
