reproduced. All have been enlarged about one-third. �history, derived from Dr. Seidenstick- er's "First Century of German Print- ing," may not be amiss. It was the third German newspaper published in Pennsylvania. The first number was issued on August 7, 1787. The pub- lishers were Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn

F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Roads--Pennsylvania--History. Lancaster County (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [145]-156 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v

technology continued to haunt the pioneers of anthracite iron furnace development until the conclusion of the Civil War when demand for more and better iron, and eventual competition from steel, required more courageous action on the part of the entrepreneurs.19 Technical Era (1865-1900) Aside from the non

, however, amount of bituminous coal consumed at Safe Harbor Rolling Mill in Convention of Iron Masters, op. cit., Appendix, Table 3. 12. The Columbia Spy, 2 February 1856; George H. Burgess and Miles C. Kennedy, Centennial History of The Pennsylvania Railroad Company: 1846-1946 (Philadelphia, PA.: The

born in Manor township, in the year 1798. His fath- er's name was James Armstrong, and the family was related to General Armstrong, who was Secretary of War during President Madison's adminis- tration. Unfortunately,few facts concerning his early life have come down to us, which seems all the more