fishing creek found 28 records - Research Collections

Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 1-17-02-51

Date Range: circa 1907

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Large group of people, 6 men, 11 women, 4 children. Back of picture says:; Front Row left to right: Verle Creamer, George Croy, Jacob C, Fannie, Myrtle, Rellie; Second Row: Cora Creamer, James (father) and Mathersa (mother) Naomi (sister to Mathersa) Annie and son Wilbur; Third row: Lewis and wife, Alice, Ed, Louise, Albert, Lottie, William, Naomi, Enos.; Taken at Fishing Creek in orchard about 1907

Date Range: circa 1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

People: Creamer, Verle; Croy, George; Creamer, Cora; Aument, Myrtle Aument; Aument, Myrtle; Creamer, Jacob C.; Creamer, Lewis; Creamer, Alice Ressel; Ressel, Alice

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Fishing Creek; Families; Orchards

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Film Size: 4.5 x 6.5 inches

Object ID: 1-17-02-51

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Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Object ID: CommOrder 1831 #154

Collection: Commissioners' Orders for Payment

Title: Commissioners' order for payment

Description: This record group contains canceled orders that were issued by the county commissioners for payment to be made by the county treasurer. The orders show date, order number, amount, name of payee, purpose, and signatures of the county commissioners. In the case of "poor children," teachers were reimbursed by the county for tuition and/or the supplies purchased for students whose parents were unable to pay. Orders include: Poor Children, Almshouse, Bridges, Coroners' Inquests, Prisons, Roads, Court House, and Tax Exonerations.

System of Arrangement: The record group is organized chronologically, then arranged by order number within each year.

Date of Accumulation: 1810-1901

Year: 1831

Creator: County Commissioners

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Container: Box 0011

People: Newton. John; Newton, Aaron; Tower, Jack H.; Webster, Daniel; Webster, Washington; Westley, John; Westley, Ann Eliza

Search Terms: Drumore Twp.; Poor children; Teachers; Commissioners' Orders for Payment; African Americans; Persons of color

Place: Drumore Twp.

Extent: 70 boxes (35 cubic ft.)

Object Name: Documents

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Condition Date: 2008-03-25

Object ID: CommOrder 1831 #154

Box Number: 011

Notes: Entered into Q&A 1993/04/09.

Additional Notes: Poor children.; Fishing Creek School.; Newton. John. African American. Father of Newton, Aaron.; Tower, Jack H. Teacher.; Webster, Daniel. African American. Father of Webster, Washington; Westley, John. African American. Father of Westley, Ann Eliza.; 1 item. 1 piece.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at research desk. Photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 08-01 0510

Description Level: Item

Indian names of local interest with their origin and meaning

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Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Names, p. 17. Conowingo, corrupted from Guneunga, meaning "he stays long," Iroquois. (D. H. Landis.) Dekanoagah, or Conejoholo, Indian site near Washington Boro (D. H. Landis). Fishing Creek, in Delaware Indian language called Namees-hanna, "fish stream; or Naumeshauna. (D. H. Landis.) Gachswungarorachs

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Responsibility: by M. Luther Heisey.

Author: Heisey, M. Luther,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: 169-172 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 3

Subjects: Names, Indian - North America.; Names, Geographical - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 3 (1972), p. 169-172Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76

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Local superstitions

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Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Date of Publication: 1905

for three months. "Prawl's Hollow," a lonely place in Drumore township, this county, is haunted by the spirit of a peddler who was killed there; and old Lupin, who broke his neck on Fishing creek, can still be seen there of nights. There are several haunted houses that can- not be occupied; one that

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Responsibility: by S. M. Sener, Esq.

Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [233]-245 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 8

Subjects: Superstition.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Social life and customs.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 8 (1905), p. 233-245Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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Print, Photographic

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Collection: General Collection

Object ID: 2-02-02-52

Date Range: 1905

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Object Name: Print, Photographic

Collection: General Collection

Description: Press Club outing. Group of men on a dock along a creek, some are fishing.

Date Range: 1905

Creator: Weber, Otto E.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Lancaster Press Club; Outings; Fishing

Object Name: Print, Photographic

Print Size: 10 x 10 inches

Object ID: 2-02-02-52

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The Scotch-Irish : their impress on Lancaster County

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1905

to, dur- ing and after the Revolutionary War, but they established and maintained for many years what was known as "The Latin School" on a Fishing Creek farm, in Drumore township. This in- stitution gave an impulse to higher education that has lasted ever since. It sent scores of young men from Lower

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Responsibility: by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1905

Physical Description: [246]-268 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 9, no. 8

Subjects: Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 9, number 8 (1905), p. 246-268Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.9

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Postcard

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Collection: Postcard Collection

Object ID: 911-016-024

Date Range: before 1907

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Object Name: Postcard

Collection: Postcard Collection

Description: The Conestoga and Bathing Resorts, Lancaster, Pa. View of People's Bathing Resort and Rocky Springs on the Conestoga Creek.

Date Range: before 1907

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Recipient: Miss Edythe Card, Paterson, NJ 69 Bloomfield Ave., c/o George Stoll

Sender: Ara W. K.

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Place: Lancaster

Object Name: Postcard

Print Size: 3.5 x 5.5 inches

Publisher: L. B. Herr

Object ID: 911-016-024

Additional Notes: "8/10/1906 P.M. My dear friend, This is a place 15 min. trolley ride from Lancaster. Here is stream where I fish for bass. Will ans. your letter and send photos soon. Seem busy this week with sermon on hand etc. Had letter from Ted at two postals from you same day got your letter. Yours, Ara W. K."; Postmarked August 11, 1906 Lancaster and Paterson, NJ

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Tour through the northeastern section of Lancaster County

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Author: Hensel, W. U.

Date of Publication: 1904

creek. On these periodical Journeys Mr. Hensel has been accompanied by many of our own citizens and by distinguished strangers. The late George Nauman, W. A. Atlee and W. B. Middleton were frequent participants; Vice President Stevenson, Supreme Court Justice Sam'l G. Thompson, United States Con- �sul

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Responsibility: by Hon. W. U. Hensel.

Author: Hensel, W. U.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1904

Physical Description: [256]-266 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 8

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Cocalico Valley (Pa.) - Description and travel.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 8 (1904), p. 256-266Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8

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Penn's settlement on the River of Susquehannagh

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Author: Bradley, A. Day

Date of Publication: 1971.

, in 1897. 7 This describes in detail the provisions for laying out the settlement and erecting a coun- ty. The tract was to be laid out along the east bank of the Susquehanna and to extend north as much as twelve miles from the mouth of the Conestoga Creek. If the land purchases exceeded 100, 000

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Responsibility: by A. Day Bradley.

Author: Bradley, A. Day

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1971.

Physical Description: [125]-128 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3

Subjects: Penn, William, - 1644-1718.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.; Pennsylvania - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 - Susquehanna River.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 125-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75

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Odds and ends of local history

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1906

stream abound- ed in fish of many kinds. Shad, her- ring and salmon ran up the Conestoga and its tributaries, Mill Creek, the Little Conestoga, Cocalico and Muddy Creek, supplying the people in the in- terior part of the county with an abundance of this excellent fish. But when mills came along, dams

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: 181-215 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 6

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 6 (1906), p. 181-215Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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Anderson's ferry

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Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Date of Publication: 1907

descendants were distinguished offrcers in the Mexican war, and others are now prominent in the United States Army. John Pedan owned the farm and hotel at Big Chickies creek, where Garber's mill now is. He was a son of Captain Hugh Pedan, a Revolutionary officer. He married a daughter os Zachariah Moor and

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Responsibility: by S. M. Sener, Esq.

Author: Sener, Samuel Miller,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1907

Physical Description: [252]-257 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 11, no. 7

Summary: This early 20th century article recounts the various settlements in the area near and around Marietta: Anderson's Ferry, Waterford, New Haven. It details how land was passed through generations.

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.; Marietta (Pa.) - History.; Anderson's Ferry (Lancaster County, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 11, number 7 (1907), p. 252-257Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.11

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Sketch of Judge Thomas Edwards

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Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Date of Publication: 1909

more. The land to which he was entitled in these war- rants he had located on both sides of the Conestoga Creek in one tract, near the head of the creek, in the neighborhood of Spring Grove. now Earl township, Lancaster county. (See Taylor papers, Pennsylvania Histor- ical Society.) He built his house

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Responsibility: by H. Frank Eshleman, Esq.

Author: Eshleman, Henry Frank,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1909

Physical Description: [111]-127 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 13, no. 5

Subjects: Edwards, Thomas, - 1673-1764.; Judges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Biography.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 13, number 5 (1909), p. 111-127Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.13

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The canals of Pennsylvania and the system of internal improvements

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Author: Klein, Theodore B.

Date of Publication: 1901.

Call Number: 386.4 K64

, steam was introduced as the motive power and rapid transit became the demand, when laboring under a debt of $40,000,000 and a clamor for relief, negotiations were - �Ga na! Waste Way, with "W hi tney" anti-friction gates, near D a u phin, Pa. �Canal Aqueduct crossing Fishing Greek , at F ort Hunter, P a

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Alternate Title: Extract from annual report of Isaac B. Brown, Superintendent Bureau of Railways, to James W. Latta, Secretary of Internal Affairs, for year ending June 30, 1900.

Responsibility: by Theodore B. Klein.

Author: Klein, Theodore B.

Place of Publication: [Harrisburg?]

Publisher: Wm. Stanley Ray,

Date of Publication: 1901.

Physical Description: 28 p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Notes: "Extract from annual report of Isaac B. Brown, superintendent, Bureau of Railways, to James W. Latta, secretary of Internal Affairs, for year ending June 30, 1900."

Summary: Includes photos of canal structures in Columbia, Wrightsville, Harrisburg, and Dauphin.

Subjects: Canals - Pennsylvania.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book; Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 386.4 K64

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Black Rock forges and rock furnaces

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Author: Shertz, Albert W.

Date of Publication: 1978

Black Rock Forges & Rock Furnaces Albert W. Shertz The excavation in the streambed of the West Branch of the Octoraro Creek at Black Rock in 1967 for the piers of another bridge across the stream revealed evidence of some of the past iron history of Southern Lan- caster County. In the two

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Responsibility: by Albert W. Shertz.

Author: Shertz, Albert W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1978

Physical Description: [39]-48 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 82, no. 1

Subjects: Iron-works - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 82, number 1 (1978), p. 39-48Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.82

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Date of Publication: 1906

creek, about half a mile north of Brownstown, and four or five miles south of Ephrata,inWestEarl township, The first mill built on this site was erected in 1831, just seventy-five years ago, by Mr. Jacob Zook, the father of the present owner and operator, John K. Zook. The present mill is not the one

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Responsibility: by F. R. Diffenderffer.

Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1906

Physical Description: 295-303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 10, no. 8

Subjects: Woolen and worsted manufacture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Textile finishing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Industries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 10, number 8 (1906), p. 295-303Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.10

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The Lancaster Treaty of 1748

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Author: Rosenberger, Lyle L.

Date of Publication: 1972.

site of Marietta, Pa. Chesapeake, "the place where there is a great body of still water stretchedout."Or"superiorsaltishbay." Chikisalunga supposed to mean "place of crabs, or crab-fish," or "the creek on which the ground is full of holes made by the crab-fish." Or, "long piece of land where rabbits

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Responsibility: by Lyle T. Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Lyle L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1972.

Physical Description: [159]-169 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 76, no. 3

Subjects: Indians of North America

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 76, number 3 (1972), p. 159-169Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.76

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Mason and Dixon's line

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Author: Houston, J. W.

Date of Publication: 1904

and Delaware as they are bounded at the present time and a portion of Pennsylvania, extend- ing to the 40th degree north latitude, but was restricted to unsettled and uncultivated lands. The Dutch had settled at the mouth of Lewes creek in 1631, for a short �time, but were driven off by the Swedes. In

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Responsibility: by J. W. Houston, M.D.

Author: Houston, J. W.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1904

Physical Description: [115]-128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 8, no. 5

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Boundaries.; Mason-Dixon Line.; Pennsylvania - Boundaries.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 8, number 5 (1904), p. 115-128Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.8

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Lancaster in 1876 observing the centennial year

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Author: Heiges, George L.

Date of Publication: 1976

the past forty years. The Chiques creek is one-third less now than it was then. As regards rainfall, he said it is always greater where there was timber, instancing the lower end of the county where it is one-third greater than it is in any other part of the county." —March 7, 1876 In a quiet and

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Responsibility: annotated by Dr. George L. Heiges.

Author: Heiges, George L.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1976

Physical Description: [3]-30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 80, no. 1

Subjects: Lancaster County (Pa.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 80, number 1 (1976), p. 3-30Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.80

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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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Author: Landis, David H.,

Date of Publication: 1908

, passing over the hill, and crossing the Little Conestoga at Dentlinger's mill, then down the west side of the creek, and in the In- diantown Road to the Indiantown of Conestoga. It was probably along this road that trade was carried on more than half a century before Penn's arrival, between the Dutch at

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Responsibility: by D. H. Landis.

Author: Landis, David H.,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1908

Physical Description: [137]-167 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 4

Summary: "Giving an authentic sketch of the conditions as they appeared here before the scenes were changed by the first Europeans. Also, brief sketches of the Susquehannock or Conestoga Indians, the Traders, Penn's Troubles, the Palatines, Councils held at the Indian Town of Conestoga, Beginning of Lancaster City, Conestoga Manor and the location and present owners of prominent places which were intimately associated with Postlethwaite's; adding a sketch of John Cartlege, the King's first magistrate of what is now Lancaster County."

Subjects: Postlethwaite, John.; Postlethwaite Tavern (Conestoga Township, Pa.); Indians of North America.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 17th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 12, number 4 (1908), p. 137-167Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.12

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Indian names of local interest with their origin and meaning

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Local superstitions

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Print, Photographic

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The Scotch-Irish : their impress on Lancaster County

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Postcard

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Tour through the northeastern section of Lancaster County

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Penn's settlement on the River of Susquehannagh

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Odds and ends of local history

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Anderson's ferry

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Sketch of Judge Thomas Edwards

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The canals of Pennsylvania and the system of internal improvements

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Black Rock forges and rock furnaces

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The last one

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The Lancaster Treaty of 1748

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Mason and Dixon's line

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Lancaster in 1876 observing the centennial year

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Why was Postlethwaite's chosen and then abandoned as the county seat of Lancaster County?

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