) 1981. Heiges, George L., comp. 125th Anniversary of Hope Fire Engine and Hose Company Man- heim, Pa. and 17th Annual Convention of Lancaster Co. Firemen's Assoc. (Booklet) 1937. Hess, Larry E. Martic Township 1705-1980; 275 Y ears of History. (Book) 1980. Hinke, William J. and Frederick S. Weiser

GEORGE L. HEIGES 1860 - THE YEAR BEFORE THE WAR An exhaustive account of political ac- tivity in Lancaster County in 1860, the first year Countians elected a Repub- lican president, and the beginning of a tradition. One hundred years ago, with no TV or radio to report the national political

early life was spent in Lancaster. His father was proprietor of "The Fountain Inn." Aaron was born in the year 1827, and, after his remaining canvases, one landscape learned of his early life—he kept an inn of his own, called "The Cross Keys." His wife's name was Sarah Demuth. These few facts and three

a brief account of the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most decisive battles, the dedication of a cemetery on that field, and reference to the few remaining who participated therein, nor for any information or reference to Lincoln whenever his shadow may have fallen across old Lancaster. The

Central railroad company placed a special train at the disposal of the com- mittee appointed to notify Mr. Lincoln of his nomination. General Foster, of the Illinois Central railroad company, extended to Gen- eral B. A. Shaeffer and the Lancaster group, an invitation to ac- company the committee to

turnpike company does not own an inch of it, and never did. Immediately after the completion of the bridge, the travel on the turn- pike was very heavy, and continued to be so until about the time the rail- road superseded it as a method of transportation. The tolls during this period frequently amounted

THE ACADIANS IN LANCASTER COUNTY. There is no history in which can be chronologically traced the struggles and changes within that small region known as Acadia, the confines of which were ex- pressly named by Henry IV. of France in his letters patent of November 3, 1603, over the country, territory

succeeding issue of the Lancaster Journal, dated Friday, March 1st, 1822, contained an announcement that a meeting of the society would be held on Wednesday, March 6th, at the house of Christian Smith. How long the society continued to exist and who were the officers and members of it is not now definitely