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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
Responsibility
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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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-12
Date Range
August 7, 2012
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Picture of headstone of Marian Louise Baker with J. A. Jolly standing behind it. Note on back of picture: "J.A. Jolly putting flowers on the grave of Marian Baker, Aug 7, 2012, New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania
Date Range
August 7, 2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Headstones
Cemeteries
New Bloomfield, Perry County
New Bloomfield Cemetery
Place
New Bloomfield, Perry County, Pennsylvania
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-12
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Title
Headstone of Marian Louise Baker
Object ID
1-17-03-13
Date Range
August 7, 2012
  1 image  
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Title
Headstone of Marian Louise Baker
Description
Picture of headstone of Marian Louise Baker with 2 bouquets flowers on it. Note on back of photograph: "On the left: someone had placed flowers (artificial) on her grave, flowers (center) placed by J.A. Jolly, Aug. 7, 2012, New Bloomfield, PA."
Date Range
August 7, 2012
Creator
Jolly, James A.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
People
Baker, Marian Louise
Jolly, James A. "Jim"
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Headstones
Cemeteries
New Bloomfield, Perry County
New Bloomfield Cemetery
Flowers
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
1-17-03-13
Images
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-17-03-14
Date Range
2012
  1 image  
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
Images
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Remembering Lancaster County : stories from Pennsylvania Dutch country

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16635
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Date of Publication
2010.
Call Number
974.815 LACO B886
Responsibility
Jack Brubaker.
ISBN
9781596298637
1596298634
Author
Brubaker, John H.
Place of Publication
Charleston, SC
Publisher
History Press,
Date of Publication
2010.
Physical Description
125 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Series
American chronicles : a History Press series
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History, Local.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.815 LACO B886
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