ALEXANDER WILSON IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner The name of Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist in America, should be familiar to every well-informed school boy in the land; yet doubtedless many of our local high school students who turn to Wilson's books for in- formation on birds, do

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

for a brief period, as they journeyed through the state. On page 115 of his delightful book, Mr. Gossler thus refers to Daniel Webster's journeys through Lancaster county: "Here, too, came Daniel Webster and his wife, on their annual journey from the Old Bay State to Washington. I think they must have

DAVID CROCKETT IN LANCASTER By William Frederic Worner During the two centuries and more that have elapsed since Lancaster county, Pa., was first settled by white men, the old shire town of Lancaster has been visited by many eminent and distinguished persons. Among these were George Washington

and Mr. Kauffman were returning from a Democratic celebration in Carlisle, Pa., where they had addressed a large assemblage. The stop over afforded the citizens of Lancaster city and county an opportunity to meet these distinguished Democrats and extend to them a hearty welcome. On Thursday evening, a

through it from a distance of one hundred paces The board is still preserved ; and I am assured by several who were present, that it [the marksmanship] was performed without any manner of deception. "Lancaster was, originally, a German settlement ; the inhab- itants were so desirous of perpetuating their

caused a profound sensation not only in America but in all the capitals in Europe. It is somewhat singular, though none the less true, that Elizabeth Spear Patterson was a lineal descendant, on the maternal side, of the sturdy Scotch �Irish pioneers, who settled in Lancaster county long before the

Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Joseph Bonaparte, 1768-1844. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--19th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1923 Description: 161-163 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 27, no. 9 Call

county of Lancaster, unlike those of York, are, I was told, deeply in debt; the treacherous paper system having been incautiously admitted. "The country through which we passed during the day's ride, as far as we could see on each side of the road (the fog contracting our view within narrow limits