topic:"Christiana" found 4 records - Research Collections

Description: Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House"; Insert 1 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House." [1896, 1898].; Insert 2 Ruins of the "Christiana Riot House" with the Pownall farm in the background. [1896, 1898].; Insert 3 The Pownall farm. 1971. (Photograph owned in 1990 by Ms. C. Ammon of Christiana)

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs; Historical markers

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Historical markers

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 5, Moores Memorial Library

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Description: Gorsuch Tavern, Hereford, Maryland. [1971].; "At '19 Mile Stone' on York Road built in 1810 by Capt. Joshua Gorsuch, a shipbuilder. The tavern was the meeting place of the Baltimore Countians who went to Pennsylvania to reclaim their slaves. Thus bringing on the Christiana Riot of 1851."

Subject: Riots--Pennsylvania--Christiana; Christiana (Pa.); Photographs; Taverns (Inns)

Search Terms: Christiana Resistance; Christiana, Pennsylvania; Taverns; Inns; Historical markers

Notes: The attached images have been provided for research. The original items are restricted for preservation purposes. The digital images of the manuscript and printed material are 300 dpi JPGs; the photographs are 600 dpi JPGs.; Please contact Moores Memorial Library for a high resolution image and permission to publish:; Moores Memorial Library; 9 West Slokom Avenue; Christiana, PA 17509; chrlib@christianalibrary.org; 610-593-6683 or 610-593-6687; The digital master files are stored at LancasterHistory.; LancasterHistory; 230 N. President Ave; Lancaster, PA 17603; archives@lancasterhistory.org; (717) 392-4633; Funds for this project were provided by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in 2001.

Credit: Christiana Resistance Collection, Series 2, Folder 14, Moores Memorial Library

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Description: Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of the riot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as the "Christiana Resistance" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.