seaboard in 1848.1 9 The Spy reported in 1856 that "600 tons of T rail have been delivered to the Railroad Depot in Lancaster from Safe Harbor for the purpose of re-laying the south track of the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad."20 �In 1855, the rolling mill was enlarged to produce more rails. When

. Its colonel was John A. Gorgas, a descendant of the Gorgas family of Ephrata. Just before the assassination of President Lincoln the regiment was assigned to guard the northern defenses of Washington, D.C. Following the assassination and the attempts on the lives of Secretary of State Seward and Vice

, THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- TIVES OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA: Learning that your Honorable bodies contemplate passing an Act of Assembly to provide for the erection of a penitentiary for the confinement of criminals convicted in the central part of the State, we, the undersigned Com

to extend to you the compliments of the Lancaster County Historical Society this evening as we gather to honor those Pennsylvanians who have left their indelible mark upon our commonwealth and nation. Announcement in the local press that Congressman Thaddeus Stevens was to be inducted into the

The Lancaster Crematorium: First in the USA By John W. W. Loose in the spring of 1884 a group of Lancastrians met at the Intelligencer newspaper office to discuss the feasibility of organizing an association for the reform of funerals. On 27 May 1884 the Lancaster Cremation and Funeral Reform

84/3, 1981 131 An Unusual Discovery Prisoner-of-War Barracks in Lancaster Used During the Revolutionary War By Albert G. Overton and J. W.W. Loose Although historians have known for a long time barracks to house British and Hessian prisoners-of-war during the American Revolution were located at the