BWyld@aol.com wrote: > > "History of Dauphin and Lebanon Couties" - William Egle, 1883 (reprint) > page 428 > "Union Deposit was laid out by Philip Wolfersberger, July 30, 1845, and > called Unionville. The survey was made by Samuel Hoffer, and the platting > done by Jacob R. Hoffer. It comprised twenty-three lots. In the same year > Isaac Hershey laid out some lots adjoining. The place, however, always went > by the name of Union Deposit, from the fact of its being a deposit of all the > grain produce, etc., of this region, preparatory to its shipment on the canal > by Mr. Wolfersberger, who owned several boats." > > Should anyone desire more of this passage let me know. It isn't long. FYI - > last week I walked over some of the cemetery at Union Deposit. It seems to be > in pretty bad condition. Many stones broken and overturned. Beverly Walmer > Wyld > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > If you have a personal web page, please share your URL with us! I have been reading the messages about this town with some interest, because we used to pass through it frequently for a couple of years while I was a boy. I also am sure that I read somewhere that it acquired this name because it was a storage place, or deposit, for arms for the Union Army during the Civil War. Leroy Miller