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

Brethren's Church or Unitas Fratrum (Moravian Church) . He came to Pennsylvania in 1741, preached at Germantown for some time, established congregations at Beth- lehem, Nazareth and Lititz, promoted Christian communistic set- tlements, and preached at different points in Lancaster County, Pa. Zinzendorf

character of loftiest devotion and the deepest reverence." *A copy is in the library of the Historlcal Society of York County, York, Pa. �SONS CARRY ON THE WORK. Rev. John F. Melsheimer had prepared for the ministry under the in- struction of his father, and succeeded him as pastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran

his sons, who succeeded him. He prospered and became the owner of considerable land and real estate in the then western section of the city, which he sold into building lots. This land lay just west of Water Street, approximately between West Chestnut and West Orange Street section, for several

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

owned by John H. Musselman, of Lancaster, Pa. �Capitol of the State at Sacramento was adorned with his life-size portrait, and so while his whole purpose in coming to California was to advance his personal fortune, it is as a public and political figure, whose influence is being recognized more and more

of the earliest and most ardent collectors and observers of nature, a resident of Darby, then Chester County, Pa., contributed many papers on entomology which appeared between the years 1746 and 1751. Timothy Mattlock, born in New Jersey but a resident of standing in Lancaster, presented in 1780 an

family owned land in the vicinity, it is reasonable to assume that ilie corner where these roads crossed became known as Cross' Corner. In those days East Orange Street extended in a southeastward direction and joined the old Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike. �6 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY