hematite and iron carbonate existed but were not suited for com- mercial exploitation because the deposits were small and the ore quite impure." Limestone Limestone quarries were numerous across the broad central plain of Lancaster County during the nineteenth century. A plentiful supply of limestone near

The Anthracite Iron Industry of Lancaster County: Rolling Mills 1850-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose I. General Desciption Although rolling mills had been used early in the nineteenth century for reducing the thickness of bar iron produced at the forges, rolling mills as a separate industry were

office that was known in early England. Originally the sheriff was the king's representative in the shire or county; he was in charge of protecting the royal interests. Later, when noblemen began challenging the authority of kings, the sheriffs frequently sided with the nobility. To have a royal officer

The Effort to Build a State Penitentiary at Lancaster A Bit of Local History Recently the Lancaster County Historical Society purchased at a public sale several documents for a modest sum. One of the documents was a "memori- al" sent to the Pennsylvania legislature by the Commissioners of Lancaster

Crematorium. the idea �was carried to Reading, Pa. where cremation has been done regularly throughout the present century. The building housing the Lancaster Crematorium became a maintenance shed for the cemetery until recently when the structure was restored for the purpose for which it was intended

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

manufacturers were learning to use the language of Jeffersonian agrarianism they could not hope to rival the in- fluence of rural leaders.6 A history of the political leadership of Lancaster County during the nineteenth century is yet to be written; nevertheless, rural domination of the local political scene

Tinkerers, Mechanics and Inventors of Lancaster County By John Ward Willson Loose A few caveats are in order. My essay is not an "in depth" study of each and every tinkerer, mechanic and inventor that ever worked in Lancaster County, nor does it attempt to single out every person who contributed in