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Memoranda concerning the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad, etc

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Author
Wright, Samuel C.
Date of Publication
1917
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.21
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by Col. Samuel C. Wright.
Author
Wright, Samuel C.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1917
Physical Description
8-10 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 21, no. 1
Summary
The article discusses the choice of the path of this railway in the 1820's in Pennsylvania.
Subjects
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Journal
Call Number
974.9 L245 v.21
Websites
https://archive.org/details/historicalpapers21lanc/page/n21?q=journal+of+the+lancaster+county+historical+society
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Paradise, O Paradise

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Author
Wright, Samuel.
Date of Publication
1914
: Paradise, O Paradise / by Samuel Wright. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Mifflin, Samuel W. (Samuel Wright), 1805-1885. Scott, Joshua. Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad. Railroads--Pennsylvania. Logging--Pennsylvania. Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical
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by Samuel Wright.
Author
Wright, Samuel.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
42-51 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 2
Summary
A narrative beginning with the building of the Columbia and Philadelphia Railroad and how it passed near Paradise, PA. The author then describes the timber industry and how the timber from northern Pennsylvania was brought by river and canal to Marietta ,Columbia , and further south.
Subjects
Mifflin, Samuel W. - 1805-1885.
Scott, Joshua.
Columbia-Philadelphia Railroad.
Railroads - Pennsylvania.
Logging - Pennsylvania.
Paradise (Lancaster County, Pa.)
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 2 (1914), p. 42-51Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
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