Trolley Lines Columbia By JOHN D. DENNEY, JR. The First Trolley Car Line FOR MANY years before the coming of the automobiles and good highways, the electric trolley car was the most popular means of local and suburban transportation. Practically all the larger towns in Pennsylvania had trolley

The First Columbia &i4 By Robert H. GOODELL On March 28, 1809, an act of Assembly was approved, which authorized the Governor of Pennsylvania to incorporate a company for the purpose of making and erecting a bridge over the Susquehanna. River in Lancaster County, at or near the town of Columbia

Rights Crossing a play by Richard Seltzer Rights Crossing was written for Columbia, Penna., where it was per- formed Dec. 1-4, 1976, as part of that town's bicentennial celebration. The events of the play take place in Dec. 1777 and center around the Conway conspiracy. The action focuses on the

no one's feelings. "So, we decided to have a preliminary meeting at my house. She knew a few women who would be interested in talking it over. I do remember going to Columbia about that time to enlist Mrs. �White in the undertaking. Through some mistake in hearing over the telephone I got directed to

A Prologue to the Construction of the Fifth Columbia- Wrightsville Bridge by L. W. Newcomer Construction of the fifth Columbia-Wrightsville bridge across the Susquehanna River is described, and recorded for posterity, in the Journal of The Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol. 73, No. 1, 1969

Spy L &well and "The Columbia Spy By ROBERT H. GOODELL In the early days of newspapers, Marietta was a hearty rival to Columbia, and also had its weekly newspaper. The Marietta Pilot was published as early as November, 1813, by John Huss, a soldier of the war of 1812. The earliest copy of the Pilot