writer's possession. The Columbian was also issued at this booming period, from Elizabeth- town, the first number being dated March 29, 1878, and edited by Seitz and Lewis; and the Literary Review had a short existence at Lancaster, Pa. The second volume of the Literary Ledger, a monthly, was printed at

-eastern and north-western borders of this county. The Quaker stock was located in the east and in Lancaster borough ; the Welsh about Churchtown ; the Amish between them toward Lancaster; while the Mennonites were distributed westwardly on both sides of the Conestoga river, bordering on Lancaster and

EVOLUTION OF THE BICYCLE AND ITS HISTORY IN LANCASTER COUNTY* By D. B. LANDIS FROM the beginning of human experience man has been a per- sistent walker. Throughout the ages his locomotive travels were aided by further assistance from horses and camels. Then came the addition of chariots, carts and

from smoky gray to amber and pink. Pieces are found with specks resembling opal. Sink-holes are noticed on every side of Lancaster. At times these sunken spaces are disclosed upon high points, as at the Indian site near junction of Mill creek and the Conestoga river. In a field, on a hill-top north of

Centennial Pub- lishing Company of that place. After the time of Pennsylvania's Legislative Act of 1822, providing for the education of children at public ex- pense in the city and incorporated boroughs of Lancaster county, there were also established a number of academies. These private schools gave

in taking scenery, old buildings and their surround- ings. They also carried generous supplies of 4 x 5, 5 x 7 and �larger glass plates with them on their periodic hikes over hill and dale, throughout Lancaster county and its borders. At a later period the Lancaster Camera Club added some new

, a traveling mining expert happened to hear of this neglected spot of alleged hidden wealth; and this sharper, named Cap- tain Tamblin, at once sought an inter- view with the Lancaster County Min- ing Company, of which Mr. Shenk† †Henry H. Shenk, the owner of the old oxide of zinc property, was the

Material: Book Subject(s): Music--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Landisville (Pa.)--Social life and customs. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1905/1906 Description: [3]-27 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County