It is late June 1863 in southern Pennsylvania. The Confederates are invading the North, and one of their toughest and most cantankerous generals has decided to capture the grand covered bridge that spans the Susquehanna from Wrightsville to Columbia. From there, General Jubal Early plans to capture Lancaster, and then seize the state's capital, Harrisburg. General Early had orders to destroy it, but intended to capture it on his way to siege the North. Fire on the River tells the story that is often described as a mere skirmish in most history books. What happened in the tiny village of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, on June 28, 1863, changes the course of the Civil War. Here is the story that for so long has been overlooked in the history books. It is an amazing story of courage, and perhaps not surprisingly, how the U.S. Congress never compensated the bridge's owner for the loss, yet the burning of the covered bridge probably saved the Union. [from Amazon.com]
From Lancaster to the moon : recounting the 1960's and 1970's in Lancaster, Pennsylvania through the pages of Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster New Era, Sunday News
Includes brief history, timeline and historic sites of Churchtown, Columbia, East Petersburg, Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Lititz, Manheim, Marietta, Maytown, Mounty Joy and Strasburg.
Atlas of surveys of the County of Lancaster State of Pennsylvania.
ISBN
0977700402 (hardcover)
9780977700400 (hardcover)
0977700410 (leatherbound)
9780977700417 (leatherbound)
Edition
Limited edition.
Place of Publication
East Petersburg, PA
Publisher
Historic Arts Press,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
275 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.), facsims. (chiefly col.) ; 44 cm.
Notes
Includes a complete reprint of: Atlas of surveys of the county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania,compiled from actual surveys, city and county records. Boston: Graves & Steinbarger, 1899.
Includes index.
Includes facsimile of original title page.
"...published on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Fox Chapel Publishing."
Chapters: People and cultures -- Community -- Education -- Transportation -- Transportation at work -- Business and industry.
Summary
Archival photographs are used to tell the story of these Lancaster County communities - the people and their culture, community, education, transportation, business, and industry.
The third book in a series of photographic histories of the county highlights how Lancastrians had fun and spent their leisure time from the late 1800s to 1970. Its chapters cover a wide range of subjects-from amusement parks to swimming holes to movie theaters to athletic events.
