1754 Zinzendorf was prospecting for the site of another of his religious communities, Klein, entirely won over to Zinzendorf's cause, offered his 491 acres for the pur- pose. This was accepted. Zinzendorf planned and directed the organization of this new community through the agency of Augus- tus

Stiegel, was dedicated in the graveyard of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church, Manheim, Pennsylvania, the erection of which attracted an unusual amount of interest, due, no doubt, to the traditions and sentiinents which have gathered about the name of "Baron" Stiegel. It is highly fitting that The

the Bering Strait from Asia, may have traveled directly across the country to the east, instead of moving only southward toward Mexico and South America, as generally supposed. Stone Ring found in a mound in Lancaster County, Penna., by G. B. Fenstermaker. The head of a snake or alligator is coiled in

, in August, 1846, Sutter took the oath of allegiance to the United States of America. Throughout that year and the following year, he maintained his own troops and kept order in the vast reaches of northern California. He did not receive a cent for his services during the war, nor were his soldiers

insects of which about 400 are recognized today. One of the merits of the book is the interest and attention he paid to the habits of insects. He frequently mentions the food plants and the life histories of insects. He gives the oldest description of a coleopterous larva published in America

, Philadelphia, Pa. RATIFIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY Five men who ratified the Constitution of the United States, and one who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, who are buried in Lancaster, were honored at a memorial service held Sunday afternoon, December 12, 1937, in the churchyard of St. James's

SITE OF NANTICOKE INDIAN VILLAGE MARKED. By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER On Sunday afternoon, October 16th, 1932, more than four hundred mem- bers and friends of The Lancaster County Historical Society braved the rain to attend the exercises incident to the unveiling of a handsome bronze tablet marking

Society and its officers the matter of marking the spot where General Lafayette was received in 1825 by the citizens of Lancaster on the occasion of his third visit to this city. After Mrs. Landis, our corresponding secre- tary, and her husband, David Bachman Landis, our second vice-president, had made