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City of Lebanon Bridges over Norfolk Southern : an historical retrospective of the people and businesses

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19024
Author
Rhoads, Donald L.
Date of Publication
[2012]
Call Number
974.819
Alternate Title
Bridges over Norfolk Southern
Responsibility
by Donald L. Rhoads, Jr. and Gladys Bucher Sowers.
Author
Rhoads, Donald L.
Place of Publication
[Lebanon, Pa.]
Publisher
[Lebanon County Historical Society],
Date of Publication
[2012]
Physical Description
v, 79 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Notes
"March 2012."
"Volume 20, number 2"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"Presents information on the people and areas of Lebanon affected by the Bridge over Norfolk Southern project. It provides a glimpse of the history of some families who lived in the bridge area; it also provides information on some businesses that were located on the sites where the new bridges will be constructed."--Page ii.
Subjects
Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
Bridges.
Commerce.
Railroads.
Lebanon (Pa.) - History.
Lebanon (Pa.) - Commerce.
Pennsylvania - Lebanon.
History.
Additional Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819
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Hessian prisoners and their employers in the Lebanon Township area

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14260
Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Date of Publication
2002.
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
Responsibility
by Gladys Bucher Sowers.
Author
Sowers, Gladys Bucher,
Place of Publication
Lebanon, Pa
Publisher
[Lebanon County Historical Society]
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
70 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Background -- Captured at Trenton -- Imprisonment of the Hessians -- Employment of the prisoners -- Inducements to remain in America -- Location of employment sites -- Hessian prisoners associated with the Cornwall Iron Furnace -- The list of prisoners -- The list of employers -- Summary -- Prisoners belived to have stayed in America -- Endnotes -- Notes on prisoner documentation.
Subjects
Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Participation, German.
Additional Corporate Author
Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.819 L441 v.18 no.4
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