. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . VALLEY OF CODORUS CREEK 37. NATIONAL CEMETERY, GETTYSBURG York, the leading city of this section, and one of the most importantmanufacturing centers in Pennsylvania, is one of the older settlements inPennsylvania, a number of German families having immigrated hitherin 1735. The town was laid out in 1741 by Thomas, John and RichardPenn, the former a son and the latter grandsons of the great EnglishQuaker. For nearly a year i
. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . VALLEY OF CODORUS CREEK 37. NATIONAL CEMETERY, GETTYSBURG York, the leading city of this section, and one of the most importantmanufacturing centers in Pennsylvania, is one of the older settlements inPennsylvania, a number of German families having immigrated hitherin 1735. The town was laid out in 1741 by Thomas, John and RichardPenn, the former a son and the latter grandsons of the great EnglishQuaker. For nearly a year it was the Capital of the United , fearing capture by the English army, left Philadelphiain the early summer of 1777. On the thirtieth of September of thisyear, they convened in York, and continued to hold sessions there untilJune 27, 1778. To-day the city is almost at the 50,000 mark in population. Its indus-tries are varied in character, many of the plants being of large size, andit is the trade center for this section and also for the Columbia andFrederick Branch, which passes through the city, extending from Wrightsville, opposite Columbia on the Susquehanna, the farthestnort
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