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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/12d95b11-90a6-4492-aab5-817955030922
Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-14
Date Range
2012
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Information on back of picture: "Maple Grove Mill, Columbia Avenue, Lancaster. Here Gibbs threw evidence into the Little Conestoga Ck, 1950"
Date Range
2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Columbia Avenue
Maple Grove Mill
Little Conestoga Creek
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-14
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Conestoga navigation PennDot's 2019 historic resource survey form

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22241
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Date of Publication
2019.
Call Number
386.4 P415
. 1928 “Company To Navigate The Conestoga Creek Failed In Face Of A Great Future.” 21 January: 9. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 1955 “Some Operational Detail On Famed ‘Rails’ Mill.” 18 February: 14. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Library Company of Philadelphia (LOC) Ca. 1850 Safe-Harbor Iron [Works, Reeves
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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
2019.
Physical Description
18, 2, 2, 3 3 pages : illustrations , 29 cm.
Notes
Key #101539 (Update)
"Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Department of Transportation.
Conestoga Navigation Company.
Canals - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Historic sites - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Conestoga River - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
386.4 P415
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ConestogaNavigation-PennDOTs_2019_historic_resource_survey_form.pdf

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For Lancaster's true trolley park, look west

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16501
Author
Corbalis, Ryan P.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
by Ryan P. Corbalis.
Author
Corbalis, Ryan P.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
9-27.
Subjects
Lancaster Street Railway Company.
Conestoga Traction Company.
Lancaster Traction Company.
Reading Transit & Light Company.
Edison Electric Illuminating Company.
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company.
Lancaster and Rocky Springs Railway Company.
West End Railway Compnay.
Millersville Street Railway.
Rocky Springs Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
West End Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
Maple Grove Park (Lancaster, Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), p. 9-27Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 113
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Massacre of the Conestogas : on the trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17894
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.802 B886
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by Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781609490614
1609490614
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
188 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [177]-188.
Contents
pt. 1. Telling the story -- "Drive the heathen out of the land" -- "Some hot headed ill advised persons" -- "The same spirit & frantic rage" -- "Persons of undoubted probity & veracity" -- pt. 2. Retelling the story -- "I never heard one word of it till it was just over" -- "A mighty noise and hubbub" -- "Shot, scalped, hacked, and cut to pieces" -- "One of those youthful ebullitions of wrath" -- "The innocent were destined to share the fate of the guilty" -- "A zone of vicious racial violence" -- pt. 3. Killers and abettors -- "The most respectable of men" -- "They had possession and would keep it" -- "Eternal shame & reproach" -- pt. 4. Death and reconciliation -- "The remains of the victims of a terrible crime" -- "Slaughter'd, kill'd, and cut off a whole tribe" -- "Who was left to mourn for these people?"
Subjects
Paxton Boys.
Conestoga Indians - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Massacres - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Race relations - History - 18th century.
Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.802 B886
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Who owned Willow Bank Mill from 1850 to 1875?

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo21161
Author
Garber, Carl
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.40 n.4
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by Carl Garber and Allan Garber
Author
Garber, Carl
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
105-111 p.
Notes
Willow Bank Mill was originally called Eby's Mill and is now called Snavely's Mill. It's on Hammer Creek in the Lexington area of Lancaster County, a few miles north of Lititz.
Summary
"Untangling the ownership of Willow Bank Mill and its rebuilding after an 1849 fire."
Subjects
Gristmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Additional Author
Allan Garber
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 PMH v.40 n.4
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Gristmills of the Good family of Martic, Conestoga, Pequea Townships [Lancaster County, Pa.] / by John J. Good

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16310
Author
Good, John J.
Date of Publication
[2010]
Call Number
725.4 G646
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Author
Good, John J.
Place of Publication
Computer printout
Date of Publication
[2010]
Physical Description
4 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
Subjects
Good family.
Gristmills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
725.4 G646
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Cider press at Hess Mill

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20401
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
attributed to John Ward Willson Loose.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
29-31 p.
Notes
Includes schematic drawings of the cider press.
Subjects
Hess Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Cider - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
v. 113, no. 1, Spring 2011.Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), p. 29-31Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
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History of Fishing Creek marina in Durmore Township

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16878
Author
Neuhauser, Robert G.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
by Robert G. Neuhauser.
Author
Neuhauser, Robert G.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
32-48 p.
Subjects
Fishing Creek Marina.
Hydroelectric power plants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Drumore (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 1 (2011), p. 32-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 113
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Bridges of Lancaster County

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17460
Author
Waters, Bruce M.
Date of Publication
c2010.
Call Number
624 W329
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Responsibility
Bruce M. Waters.
ISBN
9780764334276
0764334271
Author
Waters, Bruce M.
Place of Publication
Atglen, Pa
Publisher
Schiffer Pub. Ltd.,
Date of Publication
c2010.
Physical Description
111 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) , maps ; 23 x 29 cm.
Summary
"226 color photos show Lancaster County, Pennsylvania's, historic covered bridges in every season. The images and text are arranged in five groups, creating five separate regional tours. Providing GPS coordinates for each bridge makes every bridge easy to find using a GPS satellite navigation device. If you prefer you may also use a local tour map of course"--Publisher's description.
Subjects
Covered bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Pictorial works.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Pictorial works.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
624 W329
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Gristmills of the Good family of Martic, Conestoga and Pequea Townships

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22296
Author
Good, John J.
Date of Publication
2011.
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Responsibility
by John J. Good.
Author
Good, John J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory.org,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
92-101 p.
Summary
The following mills are discussed: Martic Forge Mill; Horse Hollow Mill/Pequea Roller Mill/Sickman's Mill; Burnt Mill; Millvale Mill/Baumgardener's Mill; and Goods Mill. "Although the Goods were primarily farmers, they were also involved in milling, lime burning, distilling, and taverns, and were involved in local and county government. John J. Good, known as Squire Good, was a Justice of the Peace. His courtroom was in a tavern he owned."
Subjects
Water mills - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 113, number 2/3 (2011), p. 92-101Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.113
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