Settled in 1708 and incorporated as a borough in 1827; Elizabethtown; Pennsylvania; is located five miles from the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County; 20 miles from both the county seat Lancaster City; to the east; and Harrisburg; the state capital; to the west. With its Old Peters Road; Elizabethtown played an important role in the westward expansion of the nation during the 18th and 19th centuries. Construction on the first railroad began in 1834; and Elizabethtown remains a strategic stop on the Amtrak Keystone line between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Along with its proximity to Hershey; Pennsylvania; Elizabethtown has been home to a Mars; Inc.; confectionery plant since 1970 (formerly Kleins Chocolate Company; incorporated in 1914). Elizabethtown College was founded in 1899; and the Masonic Village followed in 1910. The Pennsylvania State Hospital for Crippled Children opened in 1929; later becoming the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Training Academy in 1991.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great History.By Lynn A. EllsworthBook is difficult for me to read because I know little about religion but I am enjoying the history. While reading about Rome trying to control the 12 Jewish tribes and other groups in the Middle East from 200 BC to 200 CE I had an insight that the U.S. is now in a somewhat similar situation trying to help/control the various branches of Islam. I hope we dont spend the troops and the money for 400 years like the Romans.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Renewed ChristianityBy David A."Saving Paradise" shows the cultural baggage attached to Christianity and reveals an earlier. loving form that emphasizes the loving message preached by Jesus. After centuries of war sponsored by a religion of love this book outlines a way of living that avoids alliance with the powers and principalities that take away loves power. If this were the form of Christianity practiced we wouldnt have hate mongers picketing veterans funerals or people picking out who they will and will not love.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Until the year 900. or thereabouts. Jesus was ...By A. HerdUntil the year 900. or thereabouts. Jesus was depicted in art as a healer. a teacher. and a savior. At that point he was depicted as the victim of a violent death. Interestingly. the first crusades then began. Saving Paradise was very well researched by its authors to document the times that brought violence into a previously peaceful religion.
