Anthracite Iron Blast Furnaces in Lancaster County 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose I. General Description Unlike the charcoal furnace, the anthracite furnace was a product of the age of steam power; indeed, it was a symbol of a whole new era in which the trinity of coal, iron, and steam

tons." �The Susquehanna Iron and Steel Corporation purchased the mill in 1898, after which it was operated as a unit of the corporation until 1905. The structure was razed about 1920." Chickies Rolling Mill Probably the smallest rolling mill in Lancaster County, the Chickies Rolling Mill, was built by

two called each other in on practically every investigation which the one was called on to make and together they dug into every important crime within the border of Lancaster County for more than a score of years."5 Barnholt's introduction to local criminal investigation began soon after he was

- missioners of the County of Lancaster, tender, and will donate, to the State of Pennsylvania a site for the erection of the proposed institution. The said site consists of a tract of land, belonging to the County of Lancaster, situated near the limits of the City of Lancaster, and containing about twenty

matter before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court �and hire a good lawyer. With Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Penrose, both new members of the Lancaster Bar, presenting their case, the oppon- ents were able to have the Lancaster County Court overruled. The higher Court was of the opinion the county Court

The Lancaster Crematorium: First in the USA By John W. W. Loose in the spring of 1884 a group of Lancastrians met at the Intelligencer newspaper office to discuss the feasibility of organizing an association for the reform of funerals. On 27 May 1884 the Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform

, daughter of the Quaker, Joshua Davies of Ellicott Mills, Maryland. To obtain permission to marry Ruth, George became a Quaker. They were married on October 31, 1787, at Elkridge Meeting House. She was born in 1771 and died in 1860. Prior to 1800, George and his family moved to Fayette County, Pa. Their