A CENTURY OF PROGRESS ALONG LIME STREET, LANCASTER, PA. By M. LUTHER HEISEY The logical starting point of our sketch of Lime street, from its begin- nings, and of some of those who at one time had, or now have, their homes on this thoroughfare, is East King street. There, on the northwest corner

religious awakening, and Klein spent a night of restless remorse. The next day he followed Zinzendorf to Lancaster to hear him preach in the courthouse there. Klein was now deeply impressed and moved. Zinzendorf's powerful influence upon Klein determined the destiny of this part of Warwick Township. When in

flying beetle. Both were men of highest scholastic attainments, both were devout and devoted pastors of Lutheran parishes. The Rev. Henry Ernst Muhlenberg, of Lancaster, was a botanist; the Rev. Frederick Valentine Melsheimer, an entomologist. There were times in those early days when Muhlenberg walked

Grandfathers' Clocks: Their Making and Their Makers in Lancaster County * By D. F. MAGEE, ESQ. Whilst Lancaster County is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days

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

g!lllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllll!: PAPERS OF THE LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Vol. XLI 1937 No. 1 The Water Supply of Lancaster By M. LUTHER HEISEY "Ho, every one