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For Lancaster's true trolley park, look west

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/2146

Author: Corbalis, Ryan P.

Date of Publication: 2011.

1 website

Responsibility: Ryan P. Corbalis.

Author: Corbalis, Ryan P.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: pp. 9-27.

Subjects: Lancaster Street Railway Company.; Conestoga Traction Company.; Lancaster Traction Company.; Reading Transit & Light Company.; Edison Electric Illuminating Company.; Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.; Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company.; West End Railway Compnay.; Millersville Street Railway.; Rocky Springs Park (Lancaster, Pa.); West End Park (Lancaster, Pa.); Maple Grove Park (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), p. 9-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 113

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Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Date of Publication: 2016.

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Responsibility: by D. Douglas Miller..

ISBN: 9781514473665; 1514473666

Author: Miller, D. Douglas.

Publisher: Xlibris Corp

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: 260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Smedley, R. C.; Wright, Willilam.; Gibbons, Hanna.; Gibbons, Daniel.; Whitson, Thomas.; Coates, Lindley.; Rakestraw, William.; Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Hood, Caleb.; Bushong, Henry.; Russell, John Neal.; Wood Day.; Brown, Jeremiah.; Haines, Timoghy.; Brown, William.; Lewis, Elijah.; Scarlett, Joseph.; Jackson, James.; Hanway, Castner.; Smith, Joseph.; Lamborn, George S.; Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.; Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..; Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Slavery and the church; Antislavery movements; Underground railroad.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 M647

Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/0dd706ed-49df-468e-aa15-940434108432

Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-17-03-11

Date Range: September 5, 2012

1 image

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Note on back of picture: "Where Marian Louise Baker lived: Reynolds Avenue, 1950"

Date Range: September 5, 2012

Creator: Jolly, James A.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Baker, Marian Louise

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: House; Reynolds Avenue

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 4 x 6 inches

Object ID: 1-17-03-11

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Celebrating our past, focused on the future : Middle Creek Church of the Brethren, 150 years, 1864-2014

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18937

Date of Publication: Â©2014.

Call Number: 286.5 M627

ISBN: 9781601264213; 1601264216

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pennsylvania

Publisher: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren,

Date of Publication: Â©2014.

Physical Description: vi, 162 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.) - History.; Church of the Brethren - Pennsylvania - Middle Creek - History.; Middle Creek (Pa.) - Church history.

Additional Corporate Author: Middle Creek Church of the Brethren (Lititz, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 286.5 M627

Mountwaybia Club : The first ninety years

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19889

Date of Publication: á»¨Ì2014.

Call Number: 367 M928

Place of Publication: Place not identified

Publisher: The Mountwaybia Club,

Date of Publication: á»¨Ì2014.

Physical Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Summary: This publication is from a book club/social group in the Mountville and Columbia ,Pa. areas.

Subjects: Mountwaybia Club (Lancaster County, Pa.); Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Mountville.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Columbia.; Book clubs (Discussion groups) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Women - Pennsylvania - Mountville; Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia; Women - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 367 M928

Conestoga navigation PennDot's 2019 historic resource survey form

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22241

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Date of Publication: 2019.

Call Number: 386.4 P415

. 1928 “Company To Navigate The Conestoga Creek Failed In Face Of A Great Future.” 21 January: 9. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1955 “Some Operational Detail On Famed ‘Rails’ Mill.” 18 February: 14. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Library Company of Philadelphia (LOC) Ca. 1850 Safe-Harbor Iron [Works, Reeves

1 document

Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2019.

Physical Description: 18, 2, 2, 3 3 pages : illustrations , 29 cm.

Notes: Key #101539 (Update); "Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."

Subjects: Pennsylvania - Department of Transportation.; Conestoga Navigation Company.; Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 386.4 P415

Documents

ConestogaNavigation-PennDOTs_2019_historic_resource_survey_form.pdf

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Cedar Grove Cemetery, East Earl Township, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19877

Date of Publication: [2015]

Call Number: 310.35 C389e

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: [2015]

Physical Description: 7, [32] leaves.

Notes: Includes the Old, Middle and New Sections.; Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 128 #3A.

Subjects: Ceder Grove Cemetery (East Earl Township, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - East Earl Twp.; Registers of birth, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.35 C389e

Family history & memories

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18327

Author: Dumez, Elizabeth Miller.

Date of Publication: March 2012.

Call Number: 929 M647

Responsibility: by Elizabeth Miller Dumez with additions from Ann Miller Rohrer & Jake Rohrer, edited by Jake Rohrer.

Author: Dumez, Elizabeth Miller.

Date of Publication: March 2012.

Physical Description: 35, [5] : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Miller family.; 1267 Wheatland Avenue - Pennsylvania - Lancaster Township.; Lancaster Soap Company (Lancaster, Pa.); Hamilton Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.)

Additional Author: Rohrer, Ann Miller,; Rohrer,Jake,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 929 M647

Susquehanna river towns : Columbia, Marietta, Wrightsville

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17356

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 974.815 LACO S964

Alternate Title: 2012 Visitor guide & directory.

Place of Publication: Lititz, Pa

Publisher: Inegra Publishing Group Susquehanna Chamber of Commerce ,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 47 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects: Columbia (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Marietta (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Wrightsville (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 LACO S964

Cider press at Hess Mill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20401

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Date of Publication: 2011.

1 website

Responsibility: attributed to John Ward Willson Loose.

Author: Loose, John Ward Willson.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: pp. 28-31.

Notes: Includes schematic drawings of the cider press.

Subjects: Hess Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.); Cider - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), pp. 28-31Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113

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History of Fishing Creek marina in Drumore Township

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16878

Author: Neuhauser, Robert G.

Date of Publication: 2011.

1 website

Responsibility: Robert G. Neuhauser.

Author: Neuhauser, Robert G.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2011.

Physical Description: pp. 32-48.

Subjects: Fishing Creek Marina.; Hydroelectric power plants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County. - History

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), pp. 32-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 113

Websites

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An illustrated history of paper advertising in the Cocalico Valley : 1795-1950

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17995

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Edition: Limited ed.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Call Number: 741.67 S762

Responsibility: by Clarence E. Spohn.

Author: Spohn, Clarence E.

Edition: Limited ed.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, PA

Publisher: The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 240 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: No. 149 of limited edition of 700 copies.

Summary: "A beautiful volume containing over 600 full color illustrations of local advertising from around the Cocalico Valley. Included in the book is the history of the various newspapers that were published in the Cocalico Valley, a selection of 19th and early 20th century public auction broadsides, and an outstanding sampling of advertising ephemera of area businesses. Accompanying each advertising item is a detailed history of the business which it prompted. Businessesinclude: general merchandise and dry goods stores, drug stores, clothing and shoe stores, grocery stores, hardware stores and lumber yards, hotels, etc." [from the Journal of the Historical Society Of The Cocalico Valley]

Subjects: Advertising, Newspaper.; Advertising, Magazine.; Advertising specialities.; Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 741.67 S762

The Conestoga Aero Club and the New Holland Airport

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19598

Author: Poole, H. H.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 974.815 NHOL P822

Responsibility: by H. H. Poole, Jr.

Author: Poole, H. H.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 4 leaves ; 28 cm.

Subjects: Conestoga Aero Club.; New Holland Airport.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 NHOL P822

The Mason-Dixon and Proclamation Lines: land surveying and Native Americans in Pennsylvania's borderlands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16952

Author: Strang, Cameron B.

Date of Publication: 2012.

1 website

Responsibility: by Cameron B Strang.

Author: Strang, Cameron B.

Date of Publication: 2012.

Physical Description: 5-23 p.

Subjects: Mason, Charles, - 1728-1786.; Dixon, Jeremiah, - 1733-1779.; Conestoga Indians; Indians of North America - Pennsylvania; Mason-Dixon Line.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.

Contained In: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v. 136, no. 1, January 2012.Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 HSP v. 136, no. 1

Websites

https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/60640/60468

Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894

Author: Brubaker, John H.

Date of Publication: 2010.

Call Number: 974.802 B886

Responsibility: by Jack Brubaker.

ISBN: 9781609490614; 1609490614

Author: Brubaker, John H.

Place of Publication: Charleston, SC

Publisher: History Press,

Date of Publication: 2010.

Physical Description: 188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. [177]-188.

Contents: pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"

Subjects: Paxton Boys.; Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.802 B886

The third man: William Brown and the Paxton Boys

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18421

Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Date of Publication: 2013.

1 website

Responsibility: Richard K. MacMaster.

Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: pp. 2-13.

Subjects: Brown, William.; Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), pp. 2-13Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115

Websites

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Offscourings of the Scotch Irish

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Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Date of Publication: 2013.

Responsibility: by Richard K. MacMaster.

Author: MacMaster, Richard K.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: LancasterHistory.org,

Date of Publication: 2013.

Physical Description: 14-25 p.

Notes: An interpretation of "A Scene in the First Act of the New Farce. Published as a Specimen. ... Printed: in the first Year of the New Hergira Secundus, the Paxtonian Expedition." Text of play precedes the article.

Subjects: Conestoga Massacre, Pa., 1763.; Paxton Boys.; Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Farces.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 115, number 1/2 (2013), p. 14-25Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.115