manheim township school district cara miller

Navy during which time I deployed twice to the Mediterranean, the Caribbean area and the Arctic Circle. I attended one-room school in the Manheim Central School District and graduated from Manheim Central High School.

I grew up in and around Manheim, PA and have lived in Penryn, PA for the past fifty-six years. This book is the most complete repository on this subject since the 1883 Ellis & Evans “History of Lancaster County.” Purchase information can also be acquired at Masthof Press, 219 Mill Road, Morgantown, PA 19543, ph.-61. The book includes over 120 illustrations- most in color- in 193 pages, along with a subject index and separate illustrations index with reference listings. I am happy to answer questions.īooks will be available for sale at $20.00, after the presentation. Details of the ironmasters’ personal life and accomplishments, along with some genealogy, help one to understand their successes. The intended audience includes Pennsylvania history buffs, students, and people looking for unique photos and illustrations from an extensive and detailed two year research endeavor.

I have also researched many early iron making facilities in Berks, Chester, and York Counties.

It describes various aspects of colonial iron production including charcoal making, furnace operation, forging, rolling, and shaping. The presentation is based on information from my latest book “The Ironmasters of Lancaster County.” This work is a compilation of information regarding thirty-seven iron furnace locations and over one hundred ironmasters operating in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, operating during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Manheim township school district cara miller