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Early Conestoga navigation

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Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Date of Publication
1908
were all of lands in Conestoga and Manor town- ships, except The Susquehanna Canal Company purchase, which was on the Susquehanna river. They were prac- tically all used for towpaths. More Financial Disturbances. The company now carried on its business for twenty years, when new troubles beset it. It
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by Miss Martha B. Clark.
Author
Clark, Martha Bladen.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[315]-329 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 9
Subjects
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Commerce.
Conestoga River (Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 9 (1908), p. 315-329Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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The German element of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia

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Author
Wayland, John Walter,
Date of Publication
1978, c1907.
Call Number
975.5 W358
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by John Walter Wayland.
Author
Wayland, John Walter,
Place of Publication
Harrisonburg, Va
Publisher
Carrier,
Date of Publication
1978, c1907.
Physical Description
xi, 312 p. : 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 237-272.
Subjects
Germans - Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
975.5 W358
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Local history : Louther manor

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Author
Murray, Joseph A.
Date of Publication
1902?]
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
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by the late Rev. Joseph A. Murray ...
Author
Murray, Joseph A.
Place of Publication
[Carlisle, Pa
Date of Publication
1902?]
Physical Description
11 p. incl. map. 23 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Read before historical meeting of the Hamilton library association, Carlisle, Pa., and reprinted for the Historical department.
Found in v. 2 and v. 4 of the Cumberland County Historical Society papers.
Subjects
Louther manor, Cumberland Co., Pa.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
974.843 C969m v. 4
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Electric power from the Susquehanna River

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Corporate Author
McCall Ferry Power Company.
Date of Publication
1907.
Call Number
621.3 M121
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McCall Ferry Power Company.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Company
Date of Publication
1907.
Physical Description
[26 p.] illus.
Summary
A 1904 pamphlet describing the planned building of the McCall Ferry Dam on the lower Susquehanna. It was later named the Holtwood Dam. Photos show the area before the dam's completion.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Water & Power Company.
McCall Ferry Power Company.
Power plants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Dams - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Susquehanna River.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
621.3 M121
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From trail to railway through the Appalachians

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Author
Brigham, Albert Perry,
Date of Publication
[c1907]
Call Number
380.509 B855
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by Albert Perry Brigham ...
Author
Brigham, Albert Perry,
Place of Publication
Boston, New York [etc.]
Publisher
Ginn & Company
Date of Publication
[c1907]
Physical Description
viii p., 1 l., 188 p. illus., 5 maps (incl. front.) 19 cm.
Contents
Boston and the Berkshires.--Pioneers of the Mohawk and the Hudson.--Oriskany, a battle of the revolution.--The Erie canal.--The New York central railway.--Old journeys from Philadelphia to the West.--The Pennsylvania railroad.--The National road.--The Baltimore and Ohio railroad.--Cities of the Ohio valley.--The great valley.--To Kentucky by the Cumberland gap.--Frontier soldiers and statesmen.--Cities of the southern mountains.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Atlantic States - Description and travel.
Ohio River Valley - Description and travel.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
380.509 B855
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First mortgage : Conestoga Realty Company to the Lancaster Trust Company, trustee, dated May 1, 1908 for $500,000

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Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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by Conestoga Realty Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Realty Company.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
The New Era Press ,
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
42 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Title from cover.
Subjects
Conestoga Realty Company (Lancaster, Pa.) - Finance.
Mortgages - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Real estate business - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Additional Corporate Author
The Lancaster Trust Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
332.63244 L747
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Lancaster county Indians; annals of the Susquehannocks and other Indian tribes of the Susquehanna territory from about the year 1500 to 1763, the date of their extinction. An exhaustive and interesting series of historical papers descriptive of Lancaster county's Indians prior to and during the advent of the paleface

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Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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by H. Frank Eshleman.
Author
Eshleman, Henry Frank,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
2 p. β., [3]-415 p. 23 cm.
Notes
LCHS copy inscribed by author.
Subjects
Indians of North America - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Susquehanna Indians.
Conestoga Indians.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial Period, ca. 1600-1775.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Antiquities
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.8011 E75
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Earliest Reformed Church in Lancaster County

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Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Date of Publication
1901
been ordained; but, at last, after serv- ing for several years as a "reader," he yielded to the importunities of the people, and in 1725 assumed the pas- toral office. The Reformed people of Conestoga were a little slower in effecting an or- ganization. For several years their de- votions had been led
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by Rev. Joseph H. Dubbs, D.D.
Author
Dubbs, J. H.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1901
Physical Description
[3]-16 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 5, no. 1
Subjects
Heller's Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Reformed Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Church buildings - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga (Pa. : Township) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.5
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Map of Lancaster County, Pa. showing lines of Conestoga Traction Company

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Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Date of Publication
1909.
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
cO · LED ANON - - ··-··- ~ · · / • • - · · - ! JOY O•# 1,.1;1,r ~ l'IIA..IIW"'"""l"''J' MAP OF .Lapcaster County, Pa. Showing Lines of Conestoga Traction Company Figures Give Population of Townships Scale I inch = 4.61 miles SUPPLEMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN AUGUST, 1909 Courtesy, Conestoga
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courtesy, Conestoga Traction Company.
Corporate Author
Conestoga Traction Company.
Place of Publication
[Lititz, Pa
Publisher
Express Printing Co.,],
Date of Publication
1909.
Physical Description
1 map ; 23 x 27 cm.
Notes
Scale on map: 1 in. = 4.61 miles.
"Supplement of the Pennsylvania German, August, 1909."
"Figures give population of townships."
Reduced reprinting of original map.
Subjects
Conestoga Traction Company.
Electric railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Population - Maps.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACO 141
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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author
Landis, David H.,
Date of Publication
1908
used by Penn's commissioners to meet his obligations, and later for his heirs. In all, there were about 75 of these manors scat- tered about the State. Beginning near Philadelphia, they were estab- lished westward, as the frontier was extended. The eighth one selected was Conestoga Manor,whose boundary
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by D. H. Landis.
Author
Landis, David H.,
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1908
Physical Description
[137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4
Summary
"Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."
Subjects
Postlethwaite, John.
Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.)
Indians of North America.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12
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