HARRISON TOWNSHIP RETRACED Fifty-eight years ago, H. E. Steinmetz prepared for the Lancaster County Historical Society a paper entitled "Political Divisions of Lancaster County" which later was published in Volume 5 of the Society's Papers. Among the election districts of the county Mr. Steinmetz

extensively in railway-building. In Lancaster County the first furnace to employ the hot blast and anthracite coal was that of the Shawnee in Columbia. �This furnace, consisting of a stack, 46 feet high and 16 feet across the boshes, was built in 1844 by Robert and James Colvin. It was located north of

dollars, but which is of considerable value to the smaller societies. Without such aid, some societies could not exist. In addition to appropriations historical societies which own their properties usually receive exemptions on their real estate taxes. If the Lancaster County Historical Society was