business men, like J. Fred Sener and Thomas Baumgardner, who drove to their offices, not in Packards, but in a sin- gle-seat buggy, Another vehicular sight not easily erased from the memory, was the huge wagon drawn by four or at times by six horses, reminiscent of the Cones- toga wagon, which traveled

with the success of the explorations. In 1804 a distinguished scientist visited Lancaster. Returning from a five-year intensive study of Natural History in South America, Baron Alexander Von Humboldt found a congenial spot in Lancaster, as he shared his time with such notel local scientists and

110 to 119 Penna. Railroad Views 120 to 131 Conestoga River Views 132 Fulton Mill Explosion 133 Exploded Boiler The following stereoscopic views in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, were town, Pa., about 1880: View of Marietta from Chickies Rock View from Chickies Rock, looking

, and an upright citizen. The modern novelist who would defame or vilify such a character and would picture him a common philanderer, to make a book salable, deserves the condemnation of such or- ganizations as the Lancaster County Historical Society, and more, deserves a reproof, even a legal one, from

Lancaster County Historical Society, vol. 10, p. 203. 4 Rupp's History of Lancaster and Y ork Counties, 1845, pp. 412, 413, 419. �11, �eminent property, and that officer was Captain Paul Zantzinger. A company of the Flying Camp was commanded by him in the Fall of 1777. He was a soldier in Captain John

shillings, "to sell rum by the small." Among them were Christopher Franciscus, John Miller, Samuel Bethel and Casper Loughman. 1 From the ·Charter of the Borough of Lancaster, as printed in Mombert's History of Lancaster County. �46 LANCASTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY We feel that at times, less scrupulous

the post office in King's Street." This is the first known post office in Lancaster proven by documen- tary evidence. This is further substantiated by a bond in possession of the Lancaster County Historical Society, bearing date of August 11, 1753, with an imprint reading, "Printed by S. Holland at

possession of The Lancaster County Historical Society. Ibid. 9 Ibid. 1° History of Lancaster County, by H. M. J. Klein, Ph.D., 1924, Volume II, page 1016. �house, and the homes of Sally Stauffer and Dr. John Miller were near-by. Miss Evans was at the southeast corner of Orange street. Beyond the New Holland

Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly M. Luther Heisey Long before the Cotillions of the Lancaster Assembly became famous the art of dancing is mentioned in the early archives of Lancaster County. When Witham Marche attended the Commissioers Treaty gathering in Lancaster he kept an interesting diary