Scrapbook of Conestoga wagon, Jasper Yeates, General Hand, Penn Square, Wheatland, Hensel, Thaddeus Stevens, railroads, Steinman, Baron Stiegel, and John Wise, 1924-1943.

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Scrapbook of Conestoga wagon, Jasper Yeates, General Hand, Penn Square, Wheatland, Hensel, Thaddeus Stevens, railroads, Steinman, Baron Stiegel, and John Wise, 1924-1943.

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This scrapbook portrays education, history, and people in Lancaster County through newspaper clippings. Education is represented through a series of newspaper articles discussing one-room schoolhouses, Muhlenberg High School, Lancaster High School and McCaskey High School. The articles refer to building improvements and standardizing education. Articles containing information about local and state history are abundant throughout the book. Information concerning the Ephrata Cloister, Penn Square, Wheatland, Conestoga Wagons, wagon trails, railroads and the bicentennial are only a few of the history subjects available. Many well-known Lancastrians are mentioned such as Thaddeus Steven, Baron Henry William Stiegel, General Edward Caswell Shannon, General John A. Sutter, William Uhler Hensel and the Steinmans.

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Lancaster County Historical Society

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Hensel, W. U. (William Uhler), 1851-1915

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William Uhler Hensel was born in Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania on 3 December 1851. Hensel attended the local public school and a series of private academies before entering Franklin and Marshall College in 1866. Hensel was very active in the school including fraternities and clubs. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1870. After graduation, Hensel pursued a career in law and studied under Judge Isaac Hiester and David G. Eshleman. In 1873, Hensel was adm...

Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792-1868

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Lawyer from Pennsylvania who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1859 and served as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. After the war, he led the Radical Republicans, opposing both Lincoln and then Andrew Johnson, endorsing military occupation of the South. When Johnson opposed ratification of the 14th Amendment, Stevens led the call for his impeachment. From the description of Letter, Dec. 7, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record i...

Stiegel, Henry William, 1729-1785

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Stiegel operated a glass manufactory in Manheim, Pennsylvania. From the description of Records of Manheim Glass Works, 1763-[1773?]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122460123 ...

Ephrata Cloister

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The Ephrata Cloister, near Lancaster, Pa., was a religious community of German Seventh Day Baptists founded by Johann Conrad Beissel in 1728. Under Beissel's guidance, Ephrata became known for its mystical music, hymn writings, and manuscript illuminations. Two sisters, Anastasia and Iphigenia, were the principal ornamental writers; the artists of the illuminations are unknown. There were three major collections of hymns produced at Ephrata: Zionitischer Weyrauch's Hügel, Turtel Taube, and Para...

McCaskey High School (Lancaster, Pa.)

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Sutter, John Augustus, 1803-1880

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Sutter, California pioneer, had gold discovered on his estate in 1848, prompting the Gold Rush. From the description of ALS, 1856 September 7 : Hock Farm, to Colonel (James G.G.F. Warren?). (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16723069 From the description of ALS, 1851 June 25 : Hock Farm, to General John Wilson, San Francisco. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16722847 American pioneer. Owner of Sutter's mill where gold was ...

Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)

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