 Created
in 1813 out of parts of Dauphin and Lancaster Counties, Lebanon
County was settled by Germans who immigrated in large numbers
from the Palatinate. The Lebanon County Historical Society,
Lebanon, founded in 1898, collects, preserves, and exhibits
objects and artifacts chronicling the county's history. The
Union Canal Tunnel Park, administered by the society, is a
National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, and is the oldest
existing transportation tunnel in the United States. The Gallery
at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, encourages regional artists
through performance, exhibition, and acquisition of their work.
Information about these and other attractions in the county
is available by writing:
Lebanon Valley Tourism Promotion Agency, 80 Rocherty Road,
Lebanon, PA 17042. Phone (717) 273-3670.
Travel writer Sharon Hernes Silverman of West Chester, Chester
County, is a regular contributor to Pennsylvania Heritage. Her
most recent feature, "Step Back in Time: Graeme Park, Colonial
Country Estate,” appeared in the Winter 1998 issue.
The author thanks Richard B. Strattan, historic site
administrator, and guide Will Perry of Cornwall Iron Furnace.
FOR FURTHER READING
Bining, Arthur Cecil. Pennsylvania Iron Manufacture in the
Eighteenth Century. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission, 1979.
Bomberger, Bruce, and William Sisson. Made in Pennsylvania:
An Overview of the Major Historical Industries of the
Commonwealth. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, 1991.
Gordon, Robert B. American Iron, 1607-1900. Baltimore: The
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996.
Klein, Philip S. President James Buchanan: A Biography.
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1962.
Lewis, W. David, and Walter Edward Hugins. Hopewell Furnace:
Official National Handbook. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of
the Interior, 1983.
Miller, Frederic K. The Rise of an Iron Community: An
Economic History of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania from 1740 to
1865. Lebanon: Lebanon County Historical Society, 1950
Oblinger, Carl.
Cornwall: The People and Culture of an Industrial Camelot,
1890-1980. Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, 1984. |
