Anthracite Iron Blast Furnaces in Lancaster County 1840-1900 By John Ward Willson Loose I. General Description Unlike the charcoal furnace, the anthracite furnace was a product of the age of steam power; indeed, it was a symbol of a whole new era in which the trinity of coal, iron, and steam

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

. Lancaster, Pa. York, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. First Continental Congress 5 September 1774 to 24 October 1774 (Under the English Crown) Second Continental Congress 10 May 1775 to 12 December 1776 20 December 1776 to 27 February 1777 4 March 1777 to 18 September 1777 27 September 1777 30 September 1777 to 27

gone the way of twelve-course dinners. Indeed, everything about Clio would appear anachro- nistic. Fortunately, as with many human efforts and institutions in Lancaster, appearances are deceiving. Clio is a remarkably youthful and peppery old lady at the age of one hundred. Probably she is healthier

The Courts of Lancaster County: 1729-1791 By John Ward Willson Loose When Pennsylvania's Constitution of 1790 became effective in 1791, Lan- caster County, along with other counties of the Commonwealth, was provided with a new judicial system. An enabling Act of 13 April 1791 required among other

, St. Paul's, 1911 51. Columbia, St. James's, 1920 52. Lancaster, St. Matthew's, 1947 53. Lancaster, (East Hempfield Twp.), Holy Spirit (derived from Trinity of Rohrerstown), 1959 54. Lancaster (Manheim Twp.), Good Shepherd (merger of Advent and St. Mark's congregations), 1971 N. B. Historians use

Edward Barnholt and William Wittick: Lancaster County's Fearless Constables By John W. W. Loose Law enforcement in Pennsylvania prior to the establishment of the Pennsylvania State Police in 1905' was left to the county sheriffs, constables, and police departments of those municipalities that had

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