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Down the pike : a history of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2302
Author
Nelson, John H.
Date of Publication
1989.
Call Number
388 N427
Responsibility
written by John H. Nelson.
Author
Nelson, John H.
Place of Publication
McConnellsburg, PA
Publisher
Fulton County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1989.
Physical Description
65, 35 p. : ill., facsims. ; 22 cm.
Series
Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.) (Series) ;
Notes
Includes text of: Laws relating to the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company (Chambersburg, Pa. : M. Kieffer, 1860).
Bibliography: p. 63-64.
Contents
Contents: 1. A brief look at the development of turnpikes -- 2. The origination of the Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company -- 3. Growth and demise of the company -- 4. End of an era -- 5. Bridges -- 6. Tollgates and tollhouses -- 7. Incidents along the pike -- Stockholders, managers and toolkeepers -- Sources -- Laws of the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike Road Company
Subjects
Chambersburg-Bedford Turnpike Company - History.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Bedford County (Pa.) - History.
Fulton County (Pa.) - History.
Franklin County (Pa.) - History.
Additional Corporate Author
Fulton County Historical Society (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
388 N427
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The early Amish settlement in "The Glades"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11802
Author
Hostetler, Paul V.
Call Number
905.748 MFH v.3 no.3
Author
Hostetler, Paul V.
Physical Description
121-123 p.
Notes
In: Mennonite Family History, v.3, no.3, (July 1984).
Subjects
Amish settlements.
Bedford County, Pa. - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 MFH v.3 no.3
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History of Bedford, Somerset, and Fulton Counties, Pennsylvania : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its pioneers and prominent men

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16683
Date of Publication
1975.
Call Number
974.87 H673
Place of Publication
Evansville, Ind
Publisher
Unigraphic,
Date of Publication
1975.
Physical Description
ix, p., p. 15-672, 64 p., [106] leaves of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Reprint of the 1884 ed. published by Waterman, Watkins, Chicago.
Includes index.
Subjects
Bedford County (Pa.) - History.
Bedford County (Pa.) - Biography.
Somerset County (Pa.) - History.
Somerset County (Pa.) - Biography.
Fulton County (Pa.) - History.
Fulton County (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Corporate Author
Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.87 H673
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Date of Publication
1981-
Call Number
974.871 S236
Place of Publication
Laughlintown, Pa
Publisher
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services,
Date of Publication
1981-
Physical Description
v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Publication Frequency
Quarterly
Dates of Publication
Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1981)-
Notes
"The history and genealogy of Bedford County, Pennsylvania."
LCHS has v.1 (1981) and v.2 (1982) combined in l v.
Subjects
Genealogy
Bedford County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.
Bedford County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Periodicals.
Additional Corporate Author
Southwest Pennsylvania Genealogical Services.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.871 S236
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