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Stagecoach East : stagecoach days in the East from the Colonial period to the Civil War

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Author: Holmes, Oliver W.

Date of Publication: 1983.

Call Number: 388 H752

Responsibility: Oliver W. Holmes, Peter T. Rohrbach.

ISBN: 0874745225

Author: Holmes, Oliver W.

Place of Publication: Washington, D.C

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,

Date of Publication: 1983.

Physical Description: vii, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 203-215.

Contents: Chapters : Colonial Stage Lines -- Revival After the Revolution -- Stagecoaches and the Mail (a debate of the confederation period ) -- The Stages Roll ( 1790 to 1800 ) -- The Early Stage Coaches -- Perils of the Road -- The Stage Driver -- The "Steplively Era" in the East -- The Post Office and the Stages -- Newspapers and the Stages -- Stagecoach Makers -- The Stagecoach Tavern -- Steamboats and Stages - Rivals and Partners -- West to the Mississippi -- The Indian Summer of Eastern Staging

Summary: Uses selections from newspapers, travel journals, diaries and government records to describe what it was like to travel by stagecoach.

Subjects: Coaching (Transportation) - United States; Transportation

Additional Author: Rohrbach, Peter T.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 388 H752

Nineteenth century transportation innovation and the urbanization process in Lancaster

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Author: Lynch, Mary

Date of Publication: 1982.

Call Number: 380.5 L987

Responsibility: by Mary Lynch.

Author: Lynch, Mary

Publisher: Typescript ,

Date of Publication: 1982.

Physical Description: 25 p. ; 11 cm.

Notes: Student paper for Dr. David Schuyler's American Studies course, F & M College.

Subjects: Transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Railroads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Urban transportation - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Urbanization - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Sociology, urban - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 380.5 L987

Lancaster Airport, 50th Anniversary open house August 10-11, 1985

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Date of Publication: 1985.

Call Number: 387.736 L245

Responsibility: edited by George F. Haskins.

Place of Publication: [S. l

Publisher: s.n.] ;

Date of Publication: 1985.

Physical Description: 32 p. ; ill. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Principal article: The story of air transportation in Lancaster County by William E. Krantz.; Includes advertisements.

Subjects: Krantz, William E.; Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.); Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County

Call Number: 387.736 L245

A history of aeronautics in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Krantz, William E.

Date of Publication: 1986

transportation, the legendary Jesse P. Jones settled in Lancaster and established the first real airport. Since that time, Lancaster has continued to have one of the best airports in this part of the United States. From the early balloon ascensions, to the present status of private and commercial air

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Responsibility: by William E. Krantz.

Author: Krantz, William E.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 118-189 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 90, no. 3

Summary: Contents: The John Wise era - 19th century, balloons; Aeroplanes visit Lancaster County beginning in 1911; Early commercial airfields; The Jones era (barnstormers); A municipally owned commercial airfield; War clouds (WWII); The Post War Years; The new enlarged Lancaster municipal airport. There is a bibliography

Subjects: Wise, John, - 1808-1879.; Lancaster Aero Club (Lancaster, Pa.); Aeronautics - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Balloons - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Airports - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 90, number 3 (1986), p. 118-189Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.90

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Flying adventures in Lancaster 1924 to 1934

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Author: Terry, Edward J.

Date of Publication: 1984

drove a Marmon touring car, and worked for Darmstaetters. He was a photo bug. Armed with his aerial Graflex camera, he spent all his spare time hiring airplanes and taking aerial pictures of farms which he then tried to sell to the farmers to help pay expenses. He used a bombardier's belt, and this

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Responsibility: by Edward J. Terry, Jr.

Author: Terry, Edward J.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1984

Physical Description: 108-136 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 88, no. 3

Subjects: Airplanes.; Air pilots - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Gliders (Aeronautics)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 88, number 3 (1984), p. 108-136Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.88