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Abraham Witmer's bridge

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Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Date of Publication: 1916

have proved futile. The following is a copy of a ticket issued: "Conestoga Bridge Lottery. "1761. Numb. 5061. "This ticket entitles the bearer to such prize as may be drawn against its/number, if demanded within six months after the drawing is finished; subject to such deduction as is men- tioned in

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Responsibility: by Judge C. I. Landis.

Author: Landis, Charles Israel,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1916

Physical Description: 155-174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 6

Subjects: Witmer, Abraham.; Bridges - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.; Conestoga Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.); Witmer's Bridge (Lancaster, Pa.)

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 6 (1916), p. 155-174Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Object ID: MG0341

Date Range: 1912-2000

. Business records Bynden Wood Conestoga Bridge Correspondence Finding aids Flyers Franklin and Marshall College Hamilton Club Huachung University Letters Manuscript groups Membership Minutes Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Outings Poetry Republican Party Restaurants Sphinx Club St

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Collection: Sphinx Club Records

Title: Sphinx Club Records

Description: This collection contains the official records of the Sphinx Club in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The minute books date from 1912-1985. Histories of the club were prepared in 1934 and 1962. Dinner programs, membership lists, meeting and speaker schedules, correspondence and speeches make up the bulk of the collection. There are images of some of the earliest members, as well as articles about the statue of the Sphinx.

Date Range: 1912-2000

Year Range From: 1912

Year Range To: 2000

Date of Accumulation: 1912-2000

Creator: Sphinx Club (Lancaster, Pa.)

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Appel, Roberts R.; Browne, George I.; Cooper, John Wallace; Cramer, Margaret Snader; Cramer, William Stuart; Davidson, Paul; Dippell, Marion Fox; Dippell, Victor William; Distler, Theodore A.; Donner, M. M.; Dotterer, Ray H.; Duke, Robert W.; Hager, E. M.; Hager, Nathaniel Ellmaker; Hamblin, Dora Jane; Hartman, Edwin Mitman; Hartman, Mr.; Herman, Emma Garrigan; Herman, Theodore F.; Honig, Margaret; Honig, Stanley; Jefferson, Thomas; Jordan, Paul; Jurgelski, Susan; Kell, R. M.; Kilby, Tom; Kunkel, Arthur King; Lincoln, Abraham; Maugans, David; Mencken, Henry Louis; Michalak, Beverly; Michalak, Stanley; Moore, C. Eugene; Parks, Cynthia; Poole, H. Herbert; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano; Roy, John; Rudisill, Carl; Rudisill, Flo; Sayres, Alfred Nevin; Schmitchew, Peter; Schwalm, Ted; Smith, Howard P.; Steinmetz, Rollin; Thornley, Richard; Twombly, Clifford Gray

Subjects: Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Letters; Minutes (Records); Obituaries

Search Terms: Accomac Inn; Alfred's Victorian Restaurant; Associations, institutions, etc.; Business records; Bynden Wood; Conestoga Bridge; Correspondence; Finding aids; Flyers; Franklin and Marshall College; Hamilton Club; Huachung University; Letters; Manuscript groups; Membership; Minutes; Mount Gretna, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; Obituaries; Outings; Poetry; Republican Party; Restaurants; Sphinx Club; St. Peter's Village, Chester County, Pennsylvania; Trivia; World War II; WWII

Extent: 1 box, 21 folders, 1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0341

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Original documents may be used by researchers--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit or request at Reference Desk.

Copyright: Collection items may be photographed. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2004.MG0341

Other Numbers: MG-341

Classification: MG0341

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed by DW. Finding aid prepared by KK, March-April 2014. Added to database 3 January 2022.

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I003

Date Range: 1919

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors

Description: Document type: List of minor bridge repairs for township supervisors.; 1. Big Conestoga No. 24; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 2. Chickies No. 6; [East Hempfield Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek at Shenk's Mill.; 3. Chickies No. 3; [Penn Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Chickies Creek.; 4. Little Chickies No. 2; [Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.]; Location: Over Little Chickies Creek.; 5. Big Chickies No. 13; [East Donegal Twp. and West Hempfield Twp.]; 6. Pequea No. 6; [Leacock Twp. and Paradise Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Parkes' Nursery.; 7. Pequea No. 8; Location: Over Pequea Creek.; 8. Mill Creek No. 2.75; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek, first bridge above Yeates' School.; 9. Raccoon Creek Bridge; Little Britain Twp. and [Chester County]; Location: Over Raccoon Creek near Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.; 10. Hammer Creek No. 2; [Ephrata Twp. and Warwick Twp.]; Location: Over Hammer Creek.; 11. Cocalico No. 3; [Ephrata Twp.]; Location: Over Cocalico Creek at quarry south of Ephrata.; 12. Conestoga No. 1; Caernarvon Twp.; Location: Over Conestoga Creek near Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; 13. Bridge No. 23; Location: Over [Conestoga Creek] at Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; 14. Conewago No. 2; [Lancaster County and Dauphin County]; Location: Over Conewago Creek.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1919

Year: 1919

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Big Chickies Bridge; Big Conestoga Bridge; Bridges; Caernarvon Twp.; Chester County, Pennsylvania; Chickies Bridge; Chickies Creek; Chiques Creek; Churchtown, Caernarvon Twp.; Cocalico Bridge; Cocalico Creek; Conestoga Bridge; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Conewago Bridge; Conewago Creek; Creeks; Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; East Donegal Twp.; East Hempfield Twp.; East Lampeter Twp.; Ephrata; Ephrata Twp.; Hammer Creek; Hammer Creek Bridge; Kinseyville, Little Britain Twp.; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Leacock Twp.; Lists; Little Britain Twp.; Little Chickies Bridge; Little Chiques Bridge; Little Chiques Creek; Little Chickies Creek; Manor Twp.; Mills; Mill Creek; Mill Creek Bridge; Mount Joy Twp.; Nurseries; Paradise Twp.; Parkes' Nursery; Penn Twp.; Pequea Bridge; Pequea Creek; Quarries; Raccoon Creek; Raccoon Creek Bridge; Rapho Twp.; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Shenk's Mill; Slackwater, Conestoga Twp.; Warwick Twp.; West Hempfield Twp.; Yeates School

Extent: 1 item, 2 pieces

Object Name: List

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I003

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

Specification

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Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I006

Date Range: 1920

Collection: Bridge Records

Title: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B

Description: Document type: Specifications for repairs to bridges in Repair Zone B.; 1. Little Conestoga No. 2; [Lancaster Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Little Conestoga Creek at Stone Roads Mill.; 2. Little Conestoga No. 5, now marked No. 4; [Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Little Conestoga Creek.; 3. Little Conestoga No. 6, also known as Owl Hill Bridge; 4. Little Conestoga No. 7; Location: Over Conestoga Creek.; 5. Conestoga No. 24; [Conestoga Twp. and Manor Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; 6. Conestoga No. 25; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; 7. Conestoga No. 21; [Lancaster Twp. and Pequea Twp.]; Location: Over Conestoga Creek at Second Lock, Lancaster Twp.; 8. Mill Creek No. 2; [East Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at east end of Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; 9. Mill Creek No. 1; [Leacock Twp. and Upper Leacock Twp.]; Location: Over Mill Creek at Mascot, Upper Leacock Twp.; 10. Pequea No. 1; [Salisbury Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek.; 11. Pequea No. 4; [Leacock Twp. and Salisbury Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Sheetz's Mill near Buyerstown, Salisbury Twp.; 12. Pequea No. 10; [West Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg Twp.]; 13. Pequea No. 11; [Strasburg Twp. and West Lampeter Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Wagonmaker's Shop.; 14. Pequea No. 12; Location: Over Pequea Creek at Lime Valley, West Lampeter twp.; 15. Pequea No. 15; [Pequea Twp. and Providence Twp.]; Location: Over Pequea Creek near Herrville Hotel.; 16. West Branch of Octoraro No. 2; [Colerain Twp.]; Location: Over West Branch of Octoraro Creek at Clonmell, Colerain Twp., near Pumping Station.

System of Arrangement: Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.

Date Range: 1920

Year: 1920

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives West

Storage Container: Box 0013

Subcategory: Documentary Artifact

Search Terms: Bridges; Buyerstown, Salisbury Twp.; Clonmell, Colerain Twp.; Colerain Twp.; Conestoga Bridge; Conestoga Creek; Conestoga Twp.; Covered bridges; Creeks; East Lampeter Twp.; Herrville Hotel; Hotels; Lancaster Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Lime Valley, West Lampeter Twp.; Little Conestoga Bridge; Little Conestoga Creek; Manor Twp.; Mascot, Upper Leacock Twp.; Mills; Mill Creek; Mill Creek Bridge; Octoraro Creek, West Branch; Octoraro Water Company; Octoraro West Branch #1 Covered Bridge; Owl Hill Bridge; Pequea Bridge; Pequea Creek; Pequea Twp.; Providence Twp.; Pumping stations; Rock Hill, Conestoga Twp.; Safe Harbor, Conestoga Twp.; Salisbury Twp.; Second Lock, Lancaster Twp.; Sheetz's Mill; Shops; Smoketown, East Lampeter Twp.; Specifications; Stoneroad's Mill; Strasburg Twp.; Upper Leacock Twp.; Wagonmaker's Shop; West Lampeter Twp.

Extent: 1 item, 6 pieces

Object Name: Specification

Language: English

Condition: Fair

Object ID: Bridge F0905 I006

Box Number: 013

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.

Classification: RG 02-00 0324

Description Level: Item

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