CONESTOGA By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XI, No. 3, pp. 75-113, of the Proceedings of The Lan- Lancaster County Historical Society, appears an article entitled, "How the Pennsylvania Railroad Came Through Lancaster." In that paper the author, the late William Uhler Hensel, Esq., de- scribed, in minute

MASSACRE OF THE CONESTOGA INDIANS BY THE PAXTANG BOYS-A POEM By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER IN Vol. XVIII, pp. 169-185, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster 1 County Historical Society, appeared an article entitled, "Mas- sacre of the Conestoga Indians, 1763: Incidents and Details." In this paper the

. Herbert H. Beck and C. H. Martin of the Lancaster County Historical Society; Rev. Arlington Gerhard of Philadelphia ; Rev. John B. Bucher of Ephrata, and the writer. Talks were also given by teachers who served at the old and the new Clay Schoolhouses. On such occasions, it is customary to give a history

series that compose the early history of this region was built between 1712 and 1717. Logan also financed John's purchase of a large tract near the Conestoga Indian town where he lived. 2 Thomas Cressap made a deposition in Maryland in 1731, a copy of which was sent to the Pennsylvania governor at

ORGANIZATION AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE CONESTOGA NAVIGATION COMPANY By PROFESSOR HORACE R. BARNES The possible effect upon Lancaster and other cities and towns lying in the great valley of Pennsylvania, had the Susquehanna been a navigable river, has frequently been the topic of idle speculation

which there is a magnificent view of the beau- tiful and fertile Pequea valley on the south and a portion of the equally fine Conestoga valley northward, the name Hollow seems very inappropriate, and only by going back to the early history of our county can we learn how the old Hollow got that name