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The first long turnpike in the United States : Parts I-III

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1916
THE FIRST LONG TURNPIKE IN THE UNITED STATES. PART I. THE KING'S HIGHWAY. A HISTORY of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike seems to me to involve the whole early system of transportation in this Colony and State from Philadelphia to the West, and I have, therefore, concluded that the most
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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
205-226 p. (no. 8) ; 235/258 p. (no. 9) ; 265-340 p. (no. 10) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 20, no. 8-10.
Notes
This journal article was published in three successive issues. All the articles and their corresponding appendices are collected here into one file.
Subjects
Brooke, Robert, - 1770-1821.
King's Highway (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Hotels - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Taverns (Inns)
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 20, number 8-10 (1916), p. 205-340Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.20
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Call Number
021 L257
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Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Physical Description
83 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Caption title.
Reprinted from The Pennsylvania magazine of history and biography, v. 42-43, 1918-1919.
Summary
The spine of this book reads "Juliana Library Co. Lancaster". This book contains reprints of three articles that were penned by Charles Landis. The first article is entitled "The Julianan Library Company in Lancaster". It is followed by "History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike". And the last article is entitled "Jasper Yeates and his times".
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
021 L257
Websites
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106174802;view=1up;seq=243
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924106174802;view=1up;seq=277
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Subject Headings: Letters Minutes (Records) Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.) Posters Railroads Rates and tolls Reading & Columbia Railroad Company Street-railroads Trolley cars Search Terms: Adamstown Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County Blueprints
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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Description
The Transportation Collection contains documents regarding turnpikes, railroads, Conestoga Traction Co., Conestoga Transportation Co., and the Red Rose Transit Authority. The types of items include correspondence, financial papers, business papers, stock certificates, tickets, schedules, maps of routes, and a blueprint.
Date Range
1819-1977
Year Range From
1819
Year Range To
1977
Date of Accumulation
1819-1977
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 04
People
Bitner, John R.
Boardman, Harris
Bowman, John Jacob
Boyer, Zaccur Prall
Cirt, Anna N.
Griest, William Walton
Hostetter, Albert Keller
Kemrer, Clarence M.
Knapp, Walter
Kreider, Kate
Kriebel, Howard Wiegner
McClellan, Oliver Eldridge
Royer, David
Shuman, James P.
Wohlsen, Anna
Wohlsen, Peter
Subjects
Letters
Minutes (Records)
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike (Pa.)
Posters
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading & Columbia Railroad Company
Street-railroads
Trolley cars
Search Terms
Adamstown
Bittersville, Lower Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
Blueprints
Booklets
Brochures
Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Center Square Road Station
Chestnut Street
Christiana
Coatesville, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Columbia
Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy Railroad
Conestoga Traction Company
Conestoga Transportation Company
Conewago Water and Power Company
Correspondence
Dallastown, York County, Pennsylvania
Drawings
Duke Street
East Belt line
East King Street
East Petersburg, East Hempfield Twp.
Elizabethtown
Engleside, Lancaster Twp.
Ephemera
Ephrata
Express Printing Company
Greeting cards
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Ironville, West Hempfield Twp.
J. G. Brill Company
Kinport Road
Lancaster
Lancaster and York Furnace Street Railway
Lancaster and Columbia Division, Conestoga Transportation Company
Lancaster and Lititz Passenger Railroad Company
Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike
Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Letters
Lititz
Maple Grove
Maps
Marietta Avenue
North Market Street
Mechanicsburg, Upper Leacock Twp.
Mechanicsville, East Hempfield Twp.
Minutes
Mount Joy
Mulberry Street
National Railway Historical Society
Neffsville, Manheim Twp.
North End Photo Finishing House
North Lime Street
North Queen Street
Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Penn Square
Pequea Twp.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Company
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Photographs
Placards
Substations
President Avenue
Princess Street
Prospect Street
Quarryville
Railroads
Rates and tolls
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Receipts
Red Rose Transit Authority
Reports
Roads
Rocky Springs Railroad Company
Schuylkill Navigation Company
Scrapbooks
South Mountain Railroad
South Queen Street
Stock certificates
Susquehanna Railroad
Tickets
Tolls
Trolley car barns
Trolley car yards
Trolley cars
Trolleys
Turnpikes
Walnut Street
WGAL (television station)
Williams Park Station
Willow Street Turnpike
Windsor Twp., York County, Pennsylvania
WLAN (radio station)
Wrightsville, York County, Pennsylvania
York Bus Company
York Fair
York Railway Company
Extent
2 boxes, 31 folders, 1 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0123
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Transportation Collection (MG0123), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-123
Classification
MG0123
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

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Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
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Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1919.
Physical Description
pp. 84-90 , 182-190 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
This article was serialized across several issues. This record provides links to each installment. Most of the links are from the publisher's official online repository, although two parts were only available on the HathiTrust online depository.
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, volumes 42 (p. 1-28, 127-140, 235-258, & 358-360) & 43 (p. 84-90 and 182-190).
Summary
The author writes about the " Kings Highway ", the first road from Philadelphia to the Lancaster area, and he then recounts the building of the Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike. The third part of his article describes the various taverns and points of interest along the Lancaster County portion of the Turnpike.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Phladelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP, vols. 42 & 43
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27445/27201
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27470/27226
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005340586&view=1up&seq=257
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005340586&view=1up&seq=382
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27518/27274
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/27529/27285
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The Marietta-Lancaster Turnpike

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Author
Peterson, Lynn.
Date of Publication
1971.
The Marietta - Lancaster Turnpike by Lynn Peterson PREFACE This paper is the result of several months of driving and walk- ing the Lancaster-Marietta Turnpike as well as research at the Lan- caster County Historical Society. In time the exploration of this route became more than an academic
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Responsibility
by Lynn Peterson.
Author
Peterson, Lynn.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[129]-141 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 3
Subjects
Marietta-Lancaster Turnpike.
Roads - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 3 (1971), p. 129-141Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75
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Contract

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Contract for bridge construction; plans for bridge construction
Object ID
Bridge F0635 I001
Date Range
1900
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Contract for bridge construction; plans for bridge construction
Description
Location: On the old Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike.
Document types: Contract for bridge construction.
Plans for bridge construction.
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1900
Year
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0010
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Contracts
Creeks
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Mount Joy Twp.
Plans
Roads
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp.
Place
Mount Joy Twp., West Donegal Twp., and Dauphin County
Extent
3 items, 3 pieces
Object Name
Contract
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0635 I001
Box Number
010
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Specification

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0775 I001
Date Range
No date
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
No date
Year
none
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0012
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp.
Creeks
Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Roads
Specifications
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp.
Place
West Donegal Twp., Lancaster County and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0775 I001
Box Number
012
Additional Notes
West Donegal Twp. and [Londonderry Twp.], Dauphin County
Location: Near Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp., on the old Harrisburg and Lancaster Pike.
Document type: Specifications for bridge construction.
1 item, 2 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Petition

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0775 I002
Date Range
1838/11
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1838/11
Year
1838
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0012
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Creeks
Forges
Furnaces
Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Mills
Mount Vernon Furnace and Mill
Orders
Petitions
Reports
Roads
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp.
Place
West Donegal Twp. and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0775 I002
Box Number
012
Additional Notes
West Donegal Twp. and [Londonderry Twp.], Dauphin County
Court term: November 1838.
Location: At Mount Vernon Furnace and Mill in West Donegal Twp., on public highway to the Harrisburg and Lancaster Pike.
Document types: Petition for appointment of viewers.
Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 3 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/00f7e3f9-6c84-486e-b71c-812763611522
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0780 I001
Date Range
1900
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1900
Year
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0012
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp.
Creeks
Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Roads
Specifications
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp.
Place
West Donegal Twp., Lancaster County and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Object Name
Specification
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0780 I001
Box Number
012
Additional Notes
[West Donegal Twp. and Londonderry Twp.], Dauphin County
Location: On the old Lancaster and Harrisburg Pike, one mile north of Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp.
Document type: Specifications for bridge construction.
1 item, 7 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
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Contract

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0780 I002
Date Range
1900
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1900
Year
1900
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0012
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Conewago Creek
Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp.
Contracts
Creeks
Harrisburg and Lancaster Turnpike
Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Roads
Turnpikes
West Donegal Twp.
Place
West Donegal Twp., Lancaster County and Londonderry Twp., Dauphin County
Object Name
Contract
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0780 I002
Box Number
012
Additional Notes
West Donegal Twp. and [Londonderry Twp.], Dauphin County
Location: On the old Lancaster and Harrisburg Pike, near Conewago Station, West Donegal Twp.
Document type: Contract for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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