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EARLYINDUSTRIES. The subject assigned to me for inves- tigation is the "Early Industries Along the Conowingo" (formerly spelled Can- arawa). The origin of the name I have been unable to determine. Tradition, and perhaps from a purely imaginative source, says it is an Indian name, m e a n i n g " c

EARLY INDUSTRIES ON THE OCTORARA. The subject assigned to me for investi- gation was the "Eastern Branch of the Octorara and its Tributaries," with their present and extinct industries as far south as the hamlet of Steeleville. I have carefully examined the geography and history of this region and

Some of the Lost Industries of the Octorara Valley. From the commencement of the present century, down to fifty years ago, charcoal burning was quite an important industry in the Valley of the Octorara; but since the latter date it has been rapidly on the decline, and for twenty-five years has been