Lancaster County Academy, by Wil- liam Frederic Worner, see Vol. XXXVI, pp. 83-100, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. �bridge was a narrow, wooden one, painted red; its successor, built of iron, extended the full width of the street, from house line to house line; the present

persecuted Hussites at his Barony of Lititz. The suggestion to honor Zinzendorf and mark this old house came to The Lancaster County Historical Society from one of its members, Samuel H. Ranck, noted librarian of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Doubtless the historical facts and importance of the place were brought

county was not formed until 1785, and we have no record showing that he preached in territory now a portion of that county. However, he did preach in territory now a part of Lebanon County. The record of Zion's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jonestown, states, "The first baptismal entries of Rev

Clockmaker's Company of London, and advertised this clock extensively �in "Commonwealth Mercury," a newspaper of London, on November 25, 1661. A picture of a Fromanteel clock in appearance is almost an exact counterpart of most of our Lancaster County grandfather clocks, which were first made in this county

duty on the field and in the town, and pursuing and harrassing the retreating army of Lee. 99th Penna. Volunteers. 107th Regiment. Col. E. D. Roath, of Marietta, related his experiences in a diary, which was presented several years ago to the Lancaster County Historical Society. 113th Regiment (12th

Never before has the Lancaster County Historical Society been called upon to enter into a dual ceremony such as commemorated today—at Lititz, Pennsylvania, and simultaneously at Sacramento, California; communities separated by the breadth of our country. At Lititz, in the town center, before the General

traffic noises, the assembly repaired to the high school auditorium, where the full program was followed. In presenting the tablet to the borough of New Holland, Dr. Beck, for the Lancaster County Historical Society, declared, "We have been the first to commemorate, honor, revive and perpetuate the memory

, scattered about the city, could be * Historical Sketch of the Union Fire Company, No. 1, by Alfred San- derson, 1879, p._31. THE WATER SUPPLY OF LANCASTER 3 told. William Blickenderfer, a grocer, located at 310 North Queen Street, impelled by humane motives, was one who erected such a fountain in 1874. The