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Two notable mining industries of Lancaster County

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Author: Willig, H. Luther.

Date of Publication: 1924

the Gap nickel mine the distinction of being unique, the Wood mine in Little Britain at one time being the largest source of chromium in the world. (Knopf Chrome ores in Pennsylvania and Maryland, Geol. Survey Bull. 725-B pp 81). The various chrome mines in the county being identical in their char

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Responsibility: by H. Luther Willig.

Author: Willig, H. Luther.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1924

Physical Description: 73-76 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 28, no. 5

Notes: The last third of this article is entitled "(Comments by W. Frank Gorrecht) on the preceding paper".

Subjects: Gap Copper Mine (Bart Township, Pa.); Tyson Mining Company (Little Britain Township, Pa.); Gap Mining Company.; Wood Mine (Little Britain Township, Pa.); Nickel industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Brucite - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chromium industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Chromium ores - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Copper mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Gap Nickel Mines (Bart Township, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 28, number 5 (1924), p. 73-78Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.28

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Joseph Wharton and his Gap mine the founding of the American Nickel industry

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Author: Lininger, Jay L.

Date of Publication: 1995

Call Number: 622.34 L756

Responsibility: by Jay L. Lininger

Author: Lininger, Jay L.

Place of Publication: Dillsburg, Pa

Publisher: Matrix Pub. Co.

Date of Publication: 1995

Physical Description: 93-109 p. ill. 29 cm.

Notes: In: Matrix, a journal of the history of minerals

Subjects: Beck, Herbert Heubner, - 1875-1960.; Wharton, Joseph.; Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Bart Township (Lancaster County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 622.34 L756

Records of Christiana United Methodist Church (formerly a Methodist Episcopal Church) : also includes records of Gap and Mt. Pleasant Methodist Churches

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Corporate Author: Christiana United Methodist Church (Christiana, Pa.)

Call Number: 287 C555c

Corporate Author: Christiana United Methodist Church (Christiana, Pa.)

Place of Publication: Photocopies of the originals

Physical Description: v. ; 23-44 cm.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County", page 57, #1 (Christiana), page 388, #4 (Gap), and page 383, #4B (Mt. Pleasant).

Contents: v. 1. (1874-1881) Probationers' records, class records, members in full connection, chronological record of official members, pastoral and statistical record, baptisms, and marriages -- v. 2. (1882-1929) Record of pastors, record of official members, record of members in full connection, record of probationers, records of marriages, and record of baptisms.-- v. 3. (1915-1939) Record of baptized children, records of preparatory membership, and record of full membership.-- v. 4 (c. 1944-1969) Full membership records.

Subjects: Christiana United Methodist Church (Christiana, Pa.); Gap Methodist Church (Gap, Pa.); Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church (Sadsbury Twp, Pa.); Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Gap; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Christiana.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Gap.; Church records and registers. - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy

Location: Lancaster History Library - Church Record

Call Number: 287 C555c

Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

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Date of Publication: 2005.

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

Place of Publication: Computer printout

Date of Publication: 2005.

Physical Description: 5 v. : ill; photos, col. maps ; 28 cm.

Notes: S.R. 0030 Section So1 Corridor Improvement Study...E.R. No. 03-8010-071.; Draft of the study.; Includes Pennsylvania Historic Resource Survey (PHRS) forms.; Prepared for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation...prepared by A.D. Marble & Company...prepared with Archeaological & Historial Consultants.; Corridor of Lincoln Highway Eat.

Subjects: Architecture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lincoln Highway - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - East Lampeter Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Leacock Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Strasburg Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Paradise Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Salisbury Twp.; Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Sadsbury Twp.; Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Strasburg (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Leacock (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Lampeter (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; United States Highway 30 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 351.8642 M312hi

The nickel mines of Lancaster County

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Author: Long, John D.

Date of Publication: 1976.

record the deed since the company was not authorized to do business in Pennsylvania. All transactions were handled through Captain Doble. During World War II International Nickel Co. drilled some cores at Gap but never �LOCATION and GEOLOGY The Gap Nickel Mines are located in Bart Township of Lancaster

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Responsibility: by Dr. John D. Long.

Author: Long, John D.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1976.

Physical Description: [157]-177 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 3

Subjects: Gap Nickel Mines (Bart Township, Pa.) - History.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 3 (1976), p. 157-177Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80

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Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Church [Gap, Lancaster County, Pa.]

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Call Number: 285.1 O21

Place of Publication: [Place of publication not identified]

Publisher: [Publisher not identified]

Physical Description: computer discs ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes: Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 43 #2 & 2A.

Contents: Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapters 2-5 who were the Covenanters and how was the Octorara Covenanter Church established/ its history --chaper 6 - shrine plaque -- chapter 7 tour of church and grounds (14 min) -- chapters 8-9 conclusion and end notes.

Subjects: Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Church (Gap, Lancaster County, Pa.); Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Bart Township.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Bart Township.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Media

Call Number: 285.1 O21

The substance of an address delivered at Poole Forge, Caernarvon, Lancaster County, Pa

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Author: Appel, Roberts.

Date of Publication: 1925

.) Iron mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Caernarvon Township. Iron-works--Pennsylvania--Caernarvon Township. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1925 Description: 69-73 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster

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Responsibility: by Roberts Appel, Esq. Prepared for the records of this society by Mr. Hugh W. Nevin.

Author: Appel, Roberts.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1925

Physical Description: 69-73 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 29, no. 6

Subjects: Windsor Forge (Caernarvon Township, Pa.); Poole Forge (Caernarvon Township, Pa.); Iron mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon Township.; Iron-works - Pennsylvania - Caernarvon Township.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Additional Author: Nevin, Hugh W.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 29, number 6 (1925), p. 69-73Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.29

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Joseph Wharton's nickel business

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Author: Yates, W. Ross

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.101

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Responsibility: by W. Ross Yates.

Author: Yates, W. Ross

Physical Description: 287 p.

Notes: This record provides a link to this resource on the publisher's official online repository.; In: The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July 1977.

Subjects: Wharton, Joseph.; Nickel mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Bart Township (Lancaster County)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.101

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Millers of Chester and Lancaster Counties from Witmer's maps of Chester County, 1873 and Atlas of Lancaster County 1864

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Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.5, no.2

Notes: In: Octorara Area Historical Society ,v.5, no.2.

Subjects: Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Sadsbury (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; West Fallowfield (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Highland (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OASH v.5, no.2

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

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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

Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

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Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Date of Publication: 1956]

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Alternate Title: Middle Octorara presbyterian cemeteries old and new, United Presbyterian 1717, taken from Faith and Works by Madison E. McElwain, Bart Township, Lancaster County, Penna.

Author: McElwain, Madison E.

Place of Publication: [Manheim? Pa

Date of Publication: 1956]

Physical Description: 582 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Library has a photocopy of the cemetery abstract (p. 451-581) with index added locally,and an updated abstract incorporating new graves (no date).

Subjects: Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church (Quarryville, Pa.); Presbyterian Church - Pennsylvania.; Registers of birth, etc., Lancaster County, Pa.; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 285.1 M627 index

Berks County church records of the 18th century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Alternate Title: Berks County, Pennsylvania church records of the 18th century

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright.

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1993-<1994 >

Physical Description: v. <1-5 > : maps ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes indexes.

Contents: v. 1. Allegheny Reformed Church, St. Gabriel's Church, Schwartzwald Church, Oley (Salem) Reformed Church, St. Paul's Church, Amityville, Robeson Church -- v. 2. Oley Hill Church, Longswamp, Exeter Monthly Meeting, Moselem Church, De Long's Reformed Church, Peter's Church, St. Paul's Congregation in Windsor Township -- v. 3. Friedens Union Church; Allemangel Lutheran Church; Blue Mountain Church (Upper Tulpehocken Township); Rosenthal, New Bethel, or Corner Church; Dunkel's Reformed Church; Windsor (Ziegal's) Church, Reed's Church; Bern Church; Tulpehocken or Christ Church (Jefferson Township); Host Church; Hains Church (Heidelberg, Cacusi, St. John's); Records of Rev. Waldschmidt -- v.4. First Reformed Congregation in Reading, Zion's or Spiess's Reformed and Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of John Casper Stoever, Atolheo Lutheran Church, Selected pastoral records of Rev. John Henry Helffrich, Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens) - v. 5. Greenwich Union (or New Bethel Zion Church), Pinegrove Township, Trinity Lutheran Church, Reading.

Subjects: Stoever, John Caspar.; Helffrich, John Henry.; Waldsmidt, John.; Allegheny Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church, Douglassville, Berks County, Pa.; Schwartzwald Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; Salem Reformed Church, Oley Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity Township, Berks County, Pa.; Oley Hill Church, Pike Township, Berks County, Pa.; Longswamp Church, Berks County, Pa.; Exeter Friends Meeting, Berks County, Pa.; Zion (Moselem) Evangelical Lutheran Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; DeLong's Reformed Church, Berks County, Pa.; St. Peter's Reformed Church, Richmond Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. Paul's Congregation, Windsor Township, Berks County, Pa.; Friedens Union Church, Berks County, Pa.; Allemangel Lutheran Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Blue Mountain Church, Upper Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Rosenthal Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; New Bethel Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Corner Church, Albany Township, Berks County, Pa.; Dunkel's Reformed Church, Virginville, Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa.; Windsor (Ziegel's) Church, Perry Township, Berks County, Pa.; Reed's Church, Berks County, Pa.; Bern Church, Bern Township, Berks County, Pa.; Tulpehocken Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church, Jefferson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Host Reformed Church, Host, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; St. John's Reformed Church, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa.; First Reformed Church, Reading, Berks County, Pa.; Zion's (Spiess) Union Church, Alsace Township, Berks County, Pa.; Atolheo Lutheran Church, Tulpehocken Township, Berks County, Pa.; Christ Church on Bieber Creek (Mertz), Berks County, Pa.; Old Northkill Lutheran Church (Friedens), Penn Township, Berks County, Pa.; Robeson Lutheran Church, Berks County, Pa.; Forest Lutheran Church, Robeson Township, Berks County, Pa.; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Social history; Berks County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 W949

Presbyterianism in the Pequea valley. Memorial address at the dedication of the founders' windows, Bellevue Presbyterian church, Gap, Pa., September 8, 1912. And other historical addresses

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1912?]

Call Number: 285.1 B442h

Responsibility: by W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: The Brecht printing co.,

Date of Publication: 1912?]

Physical Description: 84 p. front., plates, port. 24 cm.

Notes: Copy 2 bound in cloth with red spine and gold lettering.

Contents: Presbyterianism in the Pequea Valley -- Appendix A. The memorial windows -- Chronology of Presbyterianism in the Pequea Valley -- Historic Marietta -- Sally Hastings, literary grass widow of Donegal [A paper read before the Lancaster county historical society, Nov. 1906] -- An old time worthy -- Appendix Tannenberg: a famous organ builder -- The Picturesque Pennsylvania Germans [from the Lancaster, Pa., New Era, April 9, 1910]

Subjects: Hastings, Mrs. Sarah (Anderson) - 1773-1812.; Hiltzheimer, Jacob.; Tannenberg, David.; Gap, Pa. Bellevue Presbyterian church.; Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania.; Germans - Pennsylvania.; Marietta, Pa. - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 285.1 B442h

The Gap copper mine

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Author: Houston, R. J.

Date of Publication: 1897

. Houston. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Gap Mining Company. Copper mines and mining--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1896-97 Description: [283]-298 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 7 Call

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Responsibility: by R. J. Houston.

Author: Houston, R. J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1897

Physical Description: [283]-298 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 1, no. 7

Subjects: Gap Mining Company.; Copper mines and mining - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 1, number 7 (1897), p. 283-298Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.1

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The story of Caernarvon

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Author: Lincoln, J. B.

Date of Publication: 1914

, blacksmiths, Conestoga wagon builders and nearby fulling mills gave employment to many per- sons, and an air of prosperity was evident to the traveler. The Pennsylvania Gazeteer of 1798 thus describes the town at that date: "A post town in Caernarvon township, Lancaster county, Pa., distant twenty miles from

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Responsibility: by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.

Author: Lincoln, J. B.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1914

Physical Description: 59-79 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3

Summary: Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.

Subjects: Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.); Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Churchtown (Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18

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The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the twelfth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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Date of Publication: 2000?]

Call Number: 974.83 C748 2000

Meeting: Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania (12th : 2000 : Nanticoke, PA)

Place of Publication: [Nanticoke, PA

Publisher: Luzerne County Community College,

Date of Publication: 2000?]

Physical Description: 117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Title from cover.; "Sponsored by the LCCC Social Science/History Department."; Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects: Lynett, Elizabeth R.; Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company.; International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.; Electric railroads - Pennsylvania; Women's rights - Lackawanna County (PA); Clothing factories - Pennsylvania; African-American children - Wilkes-Barre (PA); African-American - Wilkes-Barre (PA); African-American politicians - Wilkes-Barre (PA); Strikes and lockouts; Census - Wilkes-Barre (PA); Coal mines and mining in art - Pennsylvania.; Coal miners in art - Pennsylvania.; Art, modern - Pennsylvania.; Wilkes-Barre (PA) - History - Spanish-American War, 1898 - Participation, African-Americans.; Wyoming Valley (PA) - History.; Lackawanna Valley (PA) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Luzerne County Community College. Social Science History Department.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.83 C748 2000

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

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Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Date of Publication: 1994

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Responsibility: F. Edward Wright

Author: Wright, F. Edward.

Place of Publication: Westminster, MD

Publisher: Family Line Publications

Date of Publication: 1994

Physical Description: 5 v. 21 cm.

Contents: Volume 1: Blaser's Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Cocalico Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.--Manheim Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.)--Manheim Reformed Church (Manheim, Pa)--Maytown Lutheran Church (Maytown, Pa.)--Maytown Reformed Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Evangelical Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Muddy Creek Reformed Church (East Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--Pequea Reformed (Strasburg Twp., Pa.)--Reiher's Reformed (Elizabeth Twp., Pa.)--Seltenreich Reformed (Earl Twp., Pa.)--Little Cocalico (Swamp) Reformed (West Cocalico Twp., Pa.)--White Oaks Congregation (Penn Twp., Pa.)--Elizabethtown Lutheran (Elizabethtown, Pa.)--Bergstrasse Lutheran Church (Ephrata Twp., Pa.).; Volume 2: First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Volume 3: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting (Sadsbury Twp., Pa.)--St. James Episcopal Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Mary's Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson--Baptisms and Marriages Performed by Casper Stoever--Donegal Presbyterian Church (East Donegal Twp., Pa.); Volume 4: Warwick Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Lititz Moravian (Lititz, Pa.)--Donegal/Mount Joy Moravian (Mount Joy Twsp., Pa.); Volume 5: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.)--St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.)--St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Penryn (Pa.)--Cocalico/Conestoga German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation--White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Twp., Pa.)--East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Mountjoy Township, Pa.)--Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.)--Register of Rev. Traugott Frederick Illing Middletown Lutheran & vicinity--Allegheny Lutheran Churches (Berks County)--Lancaster County Entries in Rev. John Waldschmidt's Register (Reformed)--Muddy Creek Moravian.; Volume 6: New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.}--Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]

Subjects: Lancaster Moravian Church (Lancaster, Pa.); St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Strasburg, Pa.); White Oak German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation (Warwick Township, Pa.); East Conewago German Baptist (Dunkard) Congregation, Mountjoy Township, (Pa.); Ephrata Seventh-Day German Baptist Church (Ephrata, Pa.); First Reformed Church (Lancaster, Pa.); Christ Reformed Church (Elizabethtown, Pa.); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (Manheim, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (New Providence, Pa.); Zion Reformed Church (Elizabeth Township, Pa.); Zeltenreich Reformed Church (Earl Township, Pa.); Jerusalem Reformed Church (Penryn, Pa.); Bethany Reformed Church, Ephrata Twp., Pa.; St. Paul's Reformed Church, Manheim (Boro), Pa.; St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, [Maytown, East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Maytown Reformed Church, Maytown, [East Donegal Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Muddy Creek Reformed Church, [East Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; Swamp Evangelical Lutheran Church, [West Cocalico Twp., Pa.]; New Holland Lutheran Church [New Holland, Pa.]; Holy Trinity Lutheran Church [Lancaster, Pa.]; Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Reference

Call Number: 310.3 W949

Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

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Author: Russell, Paul M.

Date of Publication: 1977.

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

Responsibility: by Paul M. Russell.

Author: Russell, Paul M.

Place of Publication: [New Holland, Pa.]

Publisher: Elanco Chapter, Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee,

Date of Publication: 1977.

Physical Description: 154 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subjects: American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Miscellanea.; Terre Hill (Pa.) - History.; Brecknock (Pa. : Township) - History.; Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; East Earl (Pa. : Township) - History.; Earl (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.; New Holland (Pa.) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.815 EARL R966

Bart Friends Meeting House (1825)

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Author: Garrett, Ann.

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v.3 no.12

Responsibility: by Ann Garrett.

Author: Garrett, Ann.

Notes: In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.3, no.12.

Subjects: Bart Friends Meeting (Sadsbury Township, Pa.); Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Bart (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 OAHS v.3 no.12

A history of Bart meeting

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Author: Gilbert, Rodney.

Date of Publication: [1939?]

Call Number: 289.6 G465

Responsibility: by Rodney Gilbert,

Author: Gilbert, Rodney.

Place of Publication: [ s. l

Publisher: s. n.] ,

Date of Publication: [1939?]

Physical Description: [31 p.] : ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Paper read at Bart reunion, 1939.

Subjects: Bart Friends Meeting (Sadsbury Township, Lancaster County, Pa.); Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Sadsbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 289.6 G465

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Two notable mining industries of Lancaster County

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Joseph Wharton and his Gap mine the founding of the American Nickel industry

Records of Christiana United Methodist Church (formerly a Methodist Episcopal Church) : also includes records of Gap and Mt. Pleasant Methodist Churches

Historic structures Survey and Determination of Eligibility Report : East Lampeter, Leacock, Strasburg, Paradise, Salisbury, and Sadsbury Townships, Lancaster County, Pensylvania

The nickel mines of Lancaster County

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Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Church [Gap, Lancaster County, Pa.]

The substance of an address delivered at Poole Forge, Caernarvon, Lancaster County, Pa

Documents

Joseph Wharton's nickel business

Websites

Millers of Chester and Lancaster Counties from Witmer's maps of Chester County, 1873 and Atlas of Lancaster County 1864

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

Faith and works at Middle Octorara since 1727 : a history of Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, R.D. 3, Quarryville, Pa. Edited by Sanders P. McComsey

Berks County church records of the 18th century

Presbyterianism in the Pequea valley. Memorial address at the dedication of the founders' windows, Bellevue Presbyterian church, Gap, Pa., September 8, 1912. And other historical addresses

The Gap copper mine

Documents

The story of Caernarvon

Documents

The history of northeastern Pennsylvania : the last 100 years : proceedings of the twelfth annual Conference on the History of Northeastern Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Church Records of the 18th Century

Let's look at our heritage in Eastern Lancaster County : "Breadbasket of the Revolution"

Bart Friends Meeting House (1825)

A history of Bart meeting