part is now presented for the first time and the whole of it put in form to be of interest, if not of value. The recent destruction of the Columbia bridge prompted my writing a sketch of it, so that there might be a record made of its continuous history, and I will open this paper with that sketch

struggles with Maryland cen- tered here. Two bandits, named Lowe, terrorized everybody a year or more, until a body of constables from Lancaster county shot and crippled them in their cabins Just opposite Co- lumbia. About 1732, nearly 200 Mary- landers appeared opposite the present Columbia and began to

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 Columbia Race Riots By William Frederic Worner Homer, 3OOO years ago, said : " Most sons are inferior to their fathers, a few are equal, and fewer still are superior to them." The history of Columbia occupies a unique place in the annals of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. From an early period

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

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

Collections in Aid of the Sufferers from Fire in Columbia By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER ON Friday, October 25th, 1822, at eleven o'clock at night, a fire originated in the back building attached to the tavern of a man named Quarles, in Columbia, Lancaster county, Pa. Before the fire could be

Unveiling of the Tablet Commemorating the Bicentennial of the James Wright House and the Sesquicentennial of the Borough of Columbia, Pennsylvania By ELIZABETH F, G, HIESTAND a Five Great Granddaughter of John Wright Paraphrasing the words of the old familiar song, "The sun shone bright on the old

1,500 to 2,000 arks and rafts and a large number of keel-boats to come to Columbia upon one freshet. A large number of the former, of course, passed down the river. The legal profession has not been neglected, and, for a town not a shire-town, she has had her share of these gentlemen. They were as fol

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