Loyalists, pacifists, and prisoners
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14108
- Responsibility
- by Rollin C. Steinmetz ; original ill. by Grace T. Steinmetz.
- ISBN
- 0915010127
- Author
- Steinmetz, Rollin C.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; distributed by Sutter House,
- Date of Publication
- 1976.
- Physical Description
- 81 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Series
- Lancaster County during the American Revolution ;
- Notes
- At head of cover title: Revolutionary Lancaster.
- "A Bicentennial book."
- Spine title: Lancaster County during the American Revolution; Joseph E. Walker, editor.
- Subjects
- American loyalists - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Religious aspects.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Prisoners and prisons.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO L245re
Lancaster County : vignettes of people and places
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9458
- Place of Publication
- Ephrata, Pa
- Publisher
- Science Press,
- Date of Publication
- 1975.
- Physical Description
- xi, 96 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 x 27 cm.
- Series
- Science Press keepsake;
- Notes
- Christmas keepsake of Science Press, 1975.
- Click on Table of Contens for more information.
- Contents
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania--Declaration of Independence--Lancaster's Liberty Bell--Pennsylvania's Militia Meets in Lancaster--George Ross Signs the Declaration--Edward Hand...The Doctor becomes a General--Witness Tree at Donegal--A Monastic Community in Ephrata--Moravians at Lititz--Iron Industry of Lancaster County--Baron Stiegel of Manheim--Grist Mills of Lancaster County--Franklin College.
- Subjects
- Historic buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Additional Corporate Author
- Science Press.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO S416
Lancaster diary, 1776 : excerpts from diaries, day-books, journals, newspapers, and court records of the daily life of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1776
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1083
- Responsibility
- compiled by Walter F. Ayars III for the Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee.
- Place of Publication
- [Lancaster, Pa.]
- Publisher
- The Chapter,
- Date of Publication
- 1976 [c1975]
- Physical Description
- ix, 119 p. : maps ; 29 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Diaries.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - Revolution, 1775-1783 - Sources.
- Additional Author
- Ayars, Walter F.
- Additional Corporate Author
- Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee. Greater Lancaster Chapter.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
- Call Number
- 973.31 A973
Penn's settlement on the River of Susquehannagh
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo1818
- Responsibility
- by A. Day Bradley.
- Author
- Bradley, A. Day
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Historical Society,
- Date of Publication
- 1971.
- Physical Description
- [125]-128 p. ; 23 cm.
- Series
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3
- Subjects
- Penn, William, - 1644-1718.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
- Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Susquehanna River.
- Contained In
- Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 125-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
Documents
Lancaster County waysides
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13687
- Responsibility
- by John D. Kendig.
- Author
- Kendig, John D.
- Place of Publication
- [Manheim, Pa.]
- Publisher
- Kendig,
- Date of Publication
- c1979.
- Physical Description
- vi, 170 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Subjects
- Kendig, John D.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History, Local.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO K33L
The Pennsylvania rifle
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14033
- Responsibility
- by Samuel E. Dyke ; original ill. by Constantine Kermes.
- ISBN
- 0915010054
- Author
- Dyke, Samuel E.
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster [Pa.] : Lititz, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster County Bicentennial Committee ; co-published and distributed by Sutter House,
- Date of Publication
- 1974.
- Physical Description
- 61 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Series
- Lancaster County during the American Revolution
- Notes
- On cover: Revolutionary Lancaster.
- "A Bicentennial book."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects
- Kentucky rifle.
- Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO L245rf
The best poor man's country; a geographical study of early southeastern Pennsylvania
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2183
- Responsibility
- [by] James T. Lemon.
- ISBN
- 0801811899
- Author
- Lemon, James T.
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins Press
- Date of Publication
- [1972]
- Physical Description
- xviii, 295 p. maps. 24 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects
- Land use - Pennsylvania.
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Chester County (Pa.) - History.
- Dauphin County (Pa.) - History.
- Pennsylvania - Social conditions.
- Pennsylvania - Economic conditions.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.800912 L556
Millersville-Penn Manor community history
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2473
- Corporate Author
- Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.
- Date of Publication
- 1976.
- Call Number
- 974.815 MILL M647
- Responsibility
- Produced by the Research Committee of the Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Editors: Robert E. Coley, James A. Jolly, Carole L. Slotter.
- Corporate Author
- Millersville-Penn Manor Bicentennial Committee. Research Committee.
- Place of Publication
- [Millersville, Pa.]
- Publisher
- The Committee,
- Date of Publication
- 1976.
- Physical Description
- 144 p. illus. 27 cm.
- Notes
- Click on Table of Contents for more information.
- Contents
- Penn Manor's heritage: an historical introduction -- The first residents: the Susquehannock Indians -- Conestoga Indian treaties and traders -- Postlethwaite tavern -- Our Mennonite heritage -- Conestoga Township -- Conestoga wagon -- Early grist mills -- Reminiscences of a miller -- Rafting days on th Susquehanna -- Pequea Township -- History of Penn Manor Schools -- Millersville State College -- Conestoga Navigation Company -- Martic Township -- McCalls Ferry Bridge -- Covered Bridges of Penn Manor -- Manor Township -- Crossing the Susquehanna from Blue Rock to McCalls -- Agriculture in Penn Manor -- Millersville and Pequea trolleys -- Walk through historic Millersville -- Our volunteer fire companies.
- Additional Author
- Coley, Robert E.,
- Jolly, James A.,
- Slotter, Carole L.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Book
- Call Number
- 974.815 MILL M647
Farm life and its changes
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2565
- Author
- Fisher, Gideon L.
- Edition
- 1st addition [sic].
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Call Number
- 289.71 F533
- Responsibility
- by Gideon L. Fisher.
- Author
- Fisher, Gideon L.
- Edition
- 1st addition [sic].
- Place of Publication
- Gordonville, Pa
- Publisher
- Pequea Publishers,
- Date of Publication
- 1978.
- Physical Description
- 384 p. (p. 384 blank) : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Amish farmer in Lancaster County, PA, remembers the depression and talks about the history of farming in America, concentrating on the changes which have taken place in rural life over the past fifty or more years. This is a book filled with colorful anecdotes, thoughtful observations, and homespun wisdom." The author "also discusses the influences of the outside world which the Amish farmer must continually face and offers insights into how they continue to preserve their way of life." [from the dust jacket]
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Farm life - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
- Amish - Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
- Call Number
- 289.71 F533
Lancaster County's 250th anniversary, 1729-1979
https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18242
- Place of Publication
- [Lancaster, Pa
- Publisher
- Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.],
- Date of Publication
- 1979.
- Physical Description
- 60 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 37 cm.
- Notes
- "A supplement of the Lancaster New Era, Tuesday, May 8, 1979."
- G. Terry Madonna, chairman, 250th anniversary committee.
- Anniversary Committee members: John W. Aungst, Jr., Susan H. Baker, Charles H. Kessler, John W.W. Loose, John B. Rengier and R. Jeanne Sonntag.
- Edited by Susan Baker.
- Subjects
- Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
- Additional Author
- Madonna, G. Terry.
- Baker, Susan H.
- Additional Corporate Author
- Lancaster County (Pa.). 250th Anniversary Committee.
- Location
- Lancaster History Library - Reference
- Call Number
- 974.815 LACO L245a