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The Great Wagon Road : from Philadelphia to the South- How Scotch-Irish and Germanics settled the Uplands

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Author
Rouse, Parke,
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
973.2 R873
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Responsibility
by Parke Rouse, Jr.
Author
Rouse, Parke,
Place of Publication
[Richmond, Va.]
Publisher
Dietz Press,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
x, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Notes
Originally published, New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973.
Reprinted 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
"The heavily traveled Great Wagon Road was the primary route for the early settlement of the Southern United States, particularly the "backcountry". Although a wide variety of settlers traveled southward on the road, two dominant cultures emerged. The German Palatines and Scotch-Irish American immigrants arrived in huge numbers because of unendurable conditions in Europe... Beginning at the port of Philadelphia, where many immigrants entered the colonies, the Great Wagon Road passed through the towns of Lancaster and York in southeastern Pennsylvania. Turning southwest, the road crossed the Potomac River and entered the Shenandoah Valley near present-day Martinsburg, West Virginia. It continued south in the valley via the Great Warriors' Trail (also called the Indian Road), which was established by centuries of Indian travel over ancient trails created by migrating buffalo herds. The Shenandoah portion of the road is also known as the Valley Pike. The Treaty of Lancaster in 1744 had established colonists' rights to settle along the Indian Road. Although traffic on the road increased dramatically after 1744, it was reduced to a trickle during the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) from 1756 to 1763. But after the war ended, it was said to be the most heavily traveled main road in America. South of the Shenandoah Valley, the road reached the Roanoke River at the town of Big Lick (today, Roanoke). South of Roanoke, the Great Wagon Road was also called the Carolina Road. At Roanoke, a road forked southwest, leading into the upper New River Valley and on to the Holston River in the upper Tennessee Valley. From there, the Wilderness Road led into Kentucky, ending at the Ohio River where flatboats were available for further travel into the Midwest and even to New Orleans. From Big Lick/Roanoke, after 1748, the Great Wagon Road passed through the Maggoty Gap (also called Maggodee) to the east side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Continuing south through the Piedmont region, it passed through the present-day North Carolina towns of Winston-Salem, Salisbury, and Charlotte and sites of earlier Indian settlements on the historic Indian Trading Path. The Great Wagon Road ultimately reached Augusta, Georgia, on the Savannah River, a distance of more than 800 miles (1,300 km) from Philadelphia." [wikipedia]
Contents
Chapters: pt. 1. The Appalachian warriors' path. The search for Eldorado -- War among the Iroquois -- pt. 2. The Philadelphia wagon road. Germans in Pennsylvania -- Enter the Scotch-Irish -- A Moravian journey to Carolina -- Along the way South -- Presbyterians in a new land -- Mapping the great mountains -- Bethabara and New Salem -- The threat from the French -- Life in the Appalachians -- pt. 3. The wilderness trail. The wagon road turns West -- The saga of Castle's Woods -- Apostle of the frontier -- pt. 4. A frontier in danger. Andrew Jackson of the Waxhaws -- The exodus of the Quakers -- "The Old Wagoner" against the king -- Conestoga's gift -- Hospitality, North and South -- The spirit of Luther -- In the cabins along the road -- Tuckahoe versus Cohee -- pt. 5. Division and reunion. Stagecoaches and turnpikes -- Great days of the horse -- The Cherokees go West -- The day Doctor Junkin drove North -- Hot heads and cold bodies -- A road is reunited.
Subjects
Great Wagon Road.
Migration, Internal.
Roads
Great Philadelphia Wagon Road.
Trails - Southern States.
United States - History - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States - History - Revolution, 1775-1783.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.2 R873
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/d093fb89-5f59-425c-95de-312047171033
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Object ID
DL-02-09-24
Date Range
October 1996
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Description
Pfautz's Mill, also called Rothsville Mill, at Heck Road and Rothsville Road.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Date Range
October 1996
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Pfautz's Mill
Rothsville Mill
Rothsville Road
Heck Road
Mills
Place
Warwick Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
DL-02-09-24
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Print, Photographic

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-05-71
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Intersection of Route 222 and Fulton View Road. Possibly during construction of what's now Route 222 - Robert Fulton Highway.
Provenance
Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Road construction
Route 222
Robert Fulton Highway
Fulton View Road
Place
Fulton Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-05-71
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-05-72
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Intersection of Route 222 and Fulton View Road. Possibly during construction of what's now Route 222 - Robert Fulton Highway.
Provenance
Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Road construction
Route 222
Fulton View Road
Place
Fulton Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-05-72
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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
1-20-05-73
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
General Collection
Description
Intersection of Route 222 and Fulton View Road. Possibly during construction of what's now Route 222 - Robert Fulton Highway.
Provenance
Photographs taken by Lancaster County during bridge repair work. Gift of Gordon Reed.
Year Range From
1920
Year Range To
1929
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Search Terms
Road construction
Route 222
Fulton View Road
Place
Fulton Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
3.25 x 5.5 inches
Object ID
1-20-05-73
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Archive

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Collection
Transportation Collection
Title
Transportation Collection
Object ID
MG0123
Date Range
1819-1977
Booklets Brochures Campbelltown, South Londonderry Twp., Lebanon County Center Square Road Station Chestnut Street Christiana Coatesville, Chester County Columbia �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Columbia, Ironville and Mount Joy
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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
Added to database 23 September 2021.
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Finding Aid

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Report

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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0630 I007
Date Range
1921/04
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1921/04
Year
1921
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0009
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Bridges
Colebrook Road
Creeks
Inspections
Little Chickies Creek
Little Chiques Creek
Mount Joy Twp.
Orders
Petersburg Road
Rapho Twp.
Reports
Roads
Place
Mount Joy Twp. and Rapho Twp.
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0630 I007
Box Number
009
Additional Notes
Court term: April 1921.
Location: On public road from the Colebrook Road to the Petersburg Road.
Document type: Order for inspection and inspection report.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
96.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Pennsylvania atlas & gazetteer

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18987
Corporate Author
DeLorme Mapping Company.
Edition
4th ed.
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
912.748 D36p
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Alternate Title
Pennsylvania atlas and gazetteer.
ISBN
0899332366 :
9780899332369
Corporate Author
DeLorme Mapping Company.
Edition
4th ed.
Place of Publication
Freeport, Me
Publisher
DeLorme Mapping Company,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
1 atlas (96 p.) : col. maps ; 40 cm.
Notes
Relief shown by contours.
Includes indexes.
Subjects
Outdoor recreation - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - Maps.
Pennsylvania - Guidebooks.
Pennsylvania - Road maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Atlas
Call Number
912.748 D36p
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Lancaster County S.R. 3034, section 001 Wabank Road improvements Lancaster Township : historic resources determination of eligibility ; E.R. 94-0039071-A ; agreement no. 440019, workorder no. 2

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Author
O'Brien, Elizabeth B.
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
974.8011 O13
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Responsibility
by Elizabeth O'Brien.
Author
O'Brien, Elizabeth B.
Place of Publication
West Chester, Pa
Publisher
John Milner Associates,
Date of Publication
1995.
Physical Description
20 p., 13 leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Notes
This investigation identifies significant historic domestic and agricultural resources in accordance with various federal and state mandates. Includes information on Charles-Gable-Betz Farm.
Subjects
Historic buildings - Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).
Wabank Road - Lancaster (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.8011 O13
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Print, Photographic

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/5292be1a-bbfe-4123-acbf-298596078210
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Object ID
DL-02-09-13
Date Range
October 1996
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Object Name
Print, Photographic
Collection
Discover Lancaster Photograph Collection
Description
View of a farm near Tabor Road in Leacock Township.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Date Range
October 1996
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Farms
Tabor Road
Place
Leacock Twp.
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Print Size
4 x 6 inches
Object ID
DL-02-09-13
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