Page 39: Horse and carriage, "Wabank Road near New Danville"; Slackwater Road, Millersville, August 1902; Old tavern, Slackwater; Lancaster County farm scene near Millersville, Agust 1902; Electrick Light Station in the distance - Slackwater, August 1902"; Slackwater bridge.
Provenance
First of two Diffenderfer family albums. Compiled by Frank Reid Diffenderfer, a former member of LCHS and an editor of a Lancaster city newspaper. Album documents his family as well as that of his neighbors on North Duke Street, Lancaster, between 1901 and 1903. Neighbors include Charles Fondersmith, Robert Slaymaker, and his daughter, Ida, who married Frank Fondersmith.
Slackwater, aslo known as Shober's Paper Mill, one mile south of Millersville between Conestoga and Manor Townships. State supervised on road LR 36008, oldest bridge still standing, built 1839, double span 269 feet long.
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their f
Description
Historic marker placed by Pennsylvania Water and Power Company near Safe Harbor. "Conestoga Indian Town. The Conestoga Indians lived in sacttered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their final location was the Conestoga Indian Town which was along the road leading to Creswell. William Penn visited the Conestoga indians in 1701. The remnants of this tribe were massacred by the Paxton boys in December 1763."
