. Rural resorts and summer retreats along the line of the Cumberland valley railroad, including picnic parks and pleasure places . s from Harrisburg ; 145 from Philadelphia. The oldest town in the Cumberland Valley is Shippens-burg. The incidents in its early history are replete withthrilling interest. During the French and Indian wars twoforts were erected here. Fort Morris, in 1755, and FortFranklin, in 1756. In 1755 it was the magazine for thestores of Braddocks army, being a principal point andplace of rendezvous upon the old pack-horse line and laterwagon route that led bjj the Three-Moun
. Rural resorts and summer retreats along the line of the Cumberland valley railroad, including picnic parks and pleasure places . s from Harrisburg ; 145 from Philadelphia. The oldest town in the Cumberland Valley is Shippens-burg. The incidents in its early history are replete withthrilling interest. During the French and Indian wars twoforts were erected here. Fort Morris, in 1755, and FortFranklin, in 1756. In 1755 it was the magazine for thestores of Braddocks army, being a principal point andplace of rendezvous upon the old pack-horse line and laterwagon route that led bjj the Three-Mountain-Road toFort Pitt and the West. Shippensburg was the first seat ofjustice of Cumberland county, but enjoyed this honor for ashort period only, the courts being removed to Carlisle atan early date. The settlement was incorporated into aborough in 1817 and still remains a place of prominence. 18 The enterprise of its inliabitants secured for it in 1871 thelocation there of the State Normal School of the seventhdistrict. This is an imj^osing building situated upon aneminence at the eastern end of the town, and is one of the. MOKMAL SCHOOL. principal attractions of the place. The town is surroundedby beautiful drives; roads leading from it in all directionsto neighboring towns, and the mountains which are in closeproximity to it on either hand. The population is about3000. Scotland. 47 miles from Harrisburg; 151 from Philadelphia. This ancient settlement, formerly known as ThompsonsMill, is situated in a delightful spot on the banks of theGonococheague creek, which is here spanned by a railroadbridge. This bridge was destroyed by Confederate troopsunder General Jenkins in June, 1863. The temporarystructure then erected has since given place to a substantialone of iron. Picnics find ample accommodations in theneighborhood of Scotland and the Gonococheague here isnoted for its many fishing places. Scotland is the first sta-tion on the railroad in Franklin count3^ It contains twoc
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