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"A Historical narrative of 18th & 19th century local and national events"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16936
Author
Westerhoff, Joel
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 36
Responsibility
by Joel Westerhoff.
Author
Westerhoff, Joel
Place of Publication
Ephrata, PA
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
80 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Journal of the HIstorical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 36
Summary
This issue traces the history of the Cocalico Valley incorporating national events that either directly or indirectly impacted its history. Included are brief historical sketches of many of the Valley's communities.
Subjects
Lancaster County, (PAa. - History
Ephrata, (Pa.) - History
Additional Corporate Author
HIstorical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v. 36
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... And the improvements upon the land

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo240
Edition
Limited ed.
Date of Publication
1988.
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.4
Responsibility
[prepared by] The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Edition
Limited ed.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
The Historical Society of Cocalico Valley ; Printed by Science Press,
Date of Publication
1988.
Physical Description
135 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 4
Notes
Limited ed. no. 1415.
LCHS has no.1420.
Summary
Includes " photographs of the tremendously diverse structures of the Cocalico Valley: area churches, schools, bridges, and businesses , plus the incomparable buildings of the Ephrata Cloister." [from the foreword]
Subjects
Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.4
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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
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Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16920
Date of Publication
2012, c2011.
Call Number
284.1 B494f
Responsibility
compiled and annotated by Suzanne B. Furlow.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
2012, c2011.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., photos. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains list of names, compiler's notes, tombstone notes, cemetery rows.
Includes index.
Subjects
Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.
Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Ephrata (Pa. : Township) - Church history.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Furlow, Suzanne B.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
284.1 B494f
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Cocalico Valley footprints

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18098
Date of Publication
March 1995 -
Call Number
974.815 EPHB C659
Responsibility
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
March 1995 -
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Description based on Dec. 1996 issue.
Subjects
Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - Periodicals.
Cocalico (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPHB C659
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The Ephrata Mountain Springs

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16299
Author
Spohn, Clarence Edwin.
Date of Publication
2009.
Call Number
974.815 EPHB S762
Responsibility
by Clarence Edwin Spohn.
Author
Spohn, Clarence Edwin.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
2009.
Physical Description
v. : ill., photos. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Volume I includes a biography of the Honorable Joseph Konigmacher.
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Konigmacher, Joseph, - d. 1861.
Von Neida Family
Ephrata Mountain Springs (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.
Camp Silver Belle (Ephrata, Pa.) - History
Temple of Truth (Ephrata, Pa.) - History
Stephan Memorial Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History
Ephrata Community Hospital (Ephrata, Pa.) - History
Summer resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata
Health resorts - Pennsylvania - Ephrata
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Ephrata
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 EPHB S762
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Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18250
Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV
ISSN
0885-4157
Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Place of Publication
[Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley]
Physical Description
v. ill. 23 cm.
Dates of Publication
v. 1 - 1976-
Subjects
Cocalico Creek (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Cocalico Creek (Pa.) - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV
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Lancaster County privy bags

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16636
Author
Hess, Clarke E.
Date of Publication
c2009.
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v.35
Responsibility
by Clarke Hess.
Author
Hess, Clarke E.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, PA (PO Box 193, Ephrata, PA 17522)
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
c2009.
Physical Description
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; 35
Notes
"A catalog to accompany an exhibit of privy bags by the Society in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. The exhibit will run from No[v]ember 21, 2009, until May 15, 2010."
Summary
The introduction provides background on the history and use of the bags, which were designed to hold the scrap paper earmarked for privy use. Often highly decorative, privy bags came into being in rural Lancaster Co., Pa., in the early decades of the 1800's and continued to be used during the era of the outhouse.
Subjects
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley - Exhibitions.
Folk art - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Exhibitions.
Quilting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Exhibitions.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV v.35
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The life and conduct of the late Brother Ezechiel Sangmeister : now resting in God, once an inhabitant of Ephrata, whose extremely peculiar and noteworthy career is written by him under the guidance and direction of divine Providence : with all the peculiarities which go along with his career up to its blessed ending

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9619
Author
Sangmeister, Ezechiel,
Date of Publication
c1980-
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV
Responsibility
[translated by Barbara M. Schindler]
Author
Sangmeister, Ezechiel,
Uniform Title
Leben und Wandel.
Place of Publication
[Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley],
Date of Publication
c1980-
Physical Description
4 v. in pts. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ; v. 4-10, 1979-1985.
Notes
Cover title: Leben und Wandel.
Each part has facsim. of original separate t.p. in German and also t.p. with translation in English.
Translation of: Das Leben und Wandel. Ephrata [Pa.] : J. Bauman, 1825-27.
"Consisting of 6 [i.e., 4] parts. Which is preceded by a brief chronicle, of the establishment and foundation of the Ephrata community up to the late author's arrival there [i.e., excerpts from Chronicon ephratense] ..."
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Sangmeister, Ezechiel, - 1724-1785?
Ephrata Cloister.
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
German Americans - Virginia.
Additional Author
Lamech,
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Additional Title
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV
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A nostalgic journey through the Cocalico Valley

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2037
Edition
Limited ed.
Date of Publication
1984.
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.2
Edition
Limited ed.
Place of Publication
[Cocalico, Pa.?]
Publisher
The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
1984.
Physical Description
132 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Series
Pictorial book of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley ;
Subjects
Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - History - Pictorial works.
Cocalico Creek Valley (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO A611 No.2
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