EARLY COLUMBIA AND VICINITY, The following paper was read by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq., at the recent anniversary of the founding of the town of Columbia: Civilized activity opened up on the Susquehanna very early. Three hun- dred and six years ago Captain John Smith forced his way a short distance

The Public Career of John Wright, Esq. John Wright, Esq., of Columbia, on the Susquehanna, was the acknowl- edged and unquestioned "father" or Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. By unanimous consensus of authoritative opinion, and by common consent, this name and title belong to him and his memory

coal-carrying cross-country railroad from Columbia, on the Sus- quehanna, to tidewater on the Dela- ware; and by grace of Joshua Scott, his map, I succeeded in locating my division, extending through Manor, Conestoga, Pequea, Providence, Dru- more and Colerain townships, to the border of Chester county

Hempfield : The Beginning of Columbia On the occasion of the observance of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the laying- out and disposal of lots in the town of Colum- bia, by Samuel Wright, it seems to me fitting that I, his senior grandson, shall put on record an authentic statement

The Reading and Columbia Railroad John D. Denney, Jr. One hundred years ago, on March 15, 1864, the first train ran from Columbia to Reading over the newly-built Reading and Columbia Rail- road. At its height, the world of the Reading and Columbia extended from Sinking Springs on the North to