110 to 119 Penna. Railroad Views 120 to 131 Conestoga River Views 132 Fulton Mill Explosion 133 Exploded Boiler The following stereoscopic views in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, were town, Pa., about 1880: View of Marietta from Chickies Rock View from Chickies Rock, looking

Baron " Stiegel and the Muhlenbergs By M. LUTHER HEISEY In February, 1762, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg visited Heidelberg, Tulpe- hocken, Lebanon (in dreadfully cold weather), Ephrata and Canestoge; all points within the early bounds of Lancaster County. He was engaged in visiting and consoling the

PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLVI 1942 Nos. 2 and 3 By M. LUTHER HEISEY The leading residents of Lancaster, when it was incorporated into a borough, were those who were nominated and appointed in the charter as burgesses and assistants, and a few others. This charter

How Lancaster Grew and What People Thought of It By M. LUTHER HEISEY Approaching the bi-centennial year of the establishing of Lancaster as a borough, it is well for us to turn in retrospective thought and consider what manner of town Lancaster was, how it grew, and what people visiting it for a

the south. 6 Archives of Maryland, 1748-1751, vol. 46, p. 4. �Captain Céloron de Bienville, the French explorer, in 1749, headed an expedition from Canada, down the headwaters of the Allegheny river, and into the Ohio, to the mouth of the Scioto, to take possession of the Ohio coun- try for France

) in the Congressional Library, in a special philatelic display in June, 1940. The exact dimensions of the stamp are 21 x 14 mm. The United States Stamp Catalogue lists among the "locals": Barr's Penny Dispatch Lancaster, Pa. Established by Elias Barr for local collection and delivery, as well as to

." Jeremiah 18:6, "Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, 0 house of Israel." 2 Job 2:8, "And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal." 3 Burial records of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, Pa. 4 Ibid. �in the pottery business throughout the whole life of the county

Company; in October, 1889, he associated with J. Frank Keller. For the Pennsylvania Line, he constructed a bridge over the Juniata River near Altoona, Pa., containing 10,700 cubic yards of masonry, and costing $107,000; a bridge over Stone Creek at Huntingdon, Pa., containing 4,000 cubic yards of masonry

fact, and shows the devout nature of the officials; a fact that their successors can well view with pride. Through the courtesy of Mayor Dale E. Cary and City Clerk Charles Laird a photostatic copy of the minutes of that first meeting of the burgesses has been obtained for the Historical Society, and