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Author
Evans, Allen
Date of Publication
1918.
Call Number
386 E82
Responsibility
by Allen Evans.
Author
Evans, Allen
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.]
Date of Publication
1918.
Notes
Read at the meeting of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, November 18, 1918.
Subjects
Montgomery County
Chester County
Lancaster County
Roads - Pennsylvania
Old Gulph Road (Montgomery County, Pa.)
Old Gulph Road (Chester County, Pa.)
Old Gulph Road (Lancaster County, Pa.)
Pennsylvania - Transportation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
386 E82
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I011
Date Range
1913
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1913
Year
1913
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Beartown Road
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Honey Brook Road
Mill Road
Public notices
Roads
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Notice, Legal
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I011
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
[Caernarvon Twp.]
Location: On the Honey Brook Road, between the Beartown Road and the Mill Road.
Document type: Public notice of viewers.
2 items, 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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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I012
Date Range
1913/09
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1913/09
Year
1913
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Beartown Road
Bridges
Caernarvon Twp.
Conestoga Creek
Creeks
Honey Brook Road
Mill Road
Orders
Reports
Roads
Place
Caernarvon Twp.
Object Name
Report
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0025 I012
Box Number
001
Additional Notes
Court term: September 1913.
Location: On the Honeybrook Road, between the Beartown Road and the Mill Road.
Document type: Order and report of viewers.
4 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Case Number
83.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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The first long turnpike in the United States : Parts I-III

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo8502
Author
Landis, Charles Israel,
Date of Publication
1916
appropriate way to treat the subject will be, first, to describe the King's Highway, which preceded the Turnpike, and then to give a narra- tive of the Turnpike itself. I will then follow, at a later time, with a sketch of the prominent houses and locations along the Turnpike Road, during the period that the
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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
Documents

vol20no8-10pp205_340.pdf

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The Simpson Ferry Road : a Cumberland County highway whose history lies in the past

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7364
Author
Beetem, Charles Gilbert,
Date of Publication
1935.
Call Number
974.843 S613
Responsibility
by Charles Gilbert Beetem for the Cumberland County Historical Society.
Author
Beetem, Charles Gilbert,
Place of Publication
[S.l
Publisher
s.n.],
Date of Publication
1935.
Physical Description
[17 β.] ; 23 cm.
Notes
"As it appeared in the issues of the Daily Local News, Mechanicsburg, Pa., issues of July 11, 12 and 13, 1935."
Contents
The Simpson Ferry Road. -- The first history of the town of Shiremanstown. -- Trindle Road, Cumberland County.
Subjects
Simpson Ferry Road (Pa.).
Trindle Road (Pa.).
Roads - Pennsylvania.
Shiremanstown (Pa.) - History.
Cumberland County (Pa.) - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.843 S613
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14878
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Date of Publication
1918.
  1 website  
Responsibility
Charles I. Landis.
Author
Landis, Charles Israel ,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ,
Date of Publication
1918.
Physical Description
pp. 1-28 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.42.
This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.
Subjects
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road Company.
Toll roads - Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia and Lancaster Turmpike Road.
Websites
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History of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike : the first long turnpike in the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14879
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
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for a bridge and order and report of viewers for bridge over Cocalico Creek or Swamp Creek
Object ID
Bridge F0765 I002
Date Range
1860/11
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Petition for a bridge and order and report of viewers for bridge over Cocalico Creek or Swamp Creek
Date Range
1860/11
Creation Date
November 1860
Year
1860
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0012
People
Ammon, George
Binkley, Benjamin
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Benjamin Binkley's Carding Mill
Black Horse Road
Bridges
Cocalico Creek
Creeks
George Ammon's Gristmill
Gristmills
Mills
Orders
Petitions
Reading Road
Reports
Roads
Swamp Creek
West Cocalico Twp.
Place
West Cocalico Twp.
Object Name
Petition
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0765 I002
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Box Number
012
Additional Notes
Bridge over [Cocalico Creek or Swamp Creek]
Court term: November 1860.
Location: On road from the Reading Road over to the Black Horse Road between Benjamin Binkley's Card Mill and George Ammon's Grist Mill.
Document types: Petition for a bridge. Order and report of viewers.
2 items, 4 pieces
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please request photocopy or PDF at research@LancasterHistory.org.
Copyright
Please contact research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish. There is no fee for publication.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory and Lancaster County Archives, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Case Number
38.000
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Bridge F0765 I002
Description Level
Item
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The Great Wagon Road : from Philadelphia to the South- How Scotch-Irish and Germanics settled the Uplands

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo14185
Author
Rouse, Parke,
Date of Publication
1995.
Call Number
973.2 R873
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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Indexed street map of Lancaster, Pa. including Lancaster County road map

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17350
Date of Publication
1964.
Call Number
974.815 LACI 157
Place of Publication
[Lancaster, Pa.]
Publisher
Huen & Co.,
Date of Publication
1964.
Physical Description
1 map (fold) : col. ; 56 x 86 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes map of Lancaster County, Lancaster Metropolitan area.
Advertisements around the map.
Includes an index.
Photograph of Wheatland--the home of the President James Buchanan on the cover.
Subjects
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Road maps.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Road maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Map
Call Number
974.815 LACI 157
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