. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . race, and fullycompetent to protect their homes from ene-mies of all kinds. A constant warfare, ap-proximating what is modernly known as (222 1 SUNBURY guerilla fight-ing, was wagedbetween theConnecticutsettlers in theWyoming val-ley and thePennsylvanianson the Lehighand Susque-hanna, and thesettlersofNortli-umberland tool;an
. The Pennsylvania railroad : its origin, construction, condition, and connections ; embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey . race, and fullycompetent to protect their homes from ene-mies of all kinds. A constant warfare, ap-proximating what is modernly known as (222 1 SUNBURY guerilla fight-ing, was wagedbetween theConnecticutsettlers in theWyoming val-ley and thePennsylvanianson the Lehighand Susque-hanna, and thesettlersofNortli-umberland tool;an active part init. This contin-ued until theRevolutionary 5struggle ab- qsorbed the at- 3tention and ^enlisted the ser- •^vices of both ^parties. The %memorable mas- >sacre in July, §1778, changed zthe feelings of ^the Pennsylva- ==nians into the »strongest sym- Jpathy for the xsuffering intru- ^ders, as they ^deemed them; nand ultimately, mafter the contro- 2versy between othe two States |had been de- >cided by Con- zgress in favor of •Pennsylvania,and more blood-shed had re-sulted f r o mattempts madeto dispossess theConnecticutsettlers, the dif-ficulties wereamicably andsatisfactorilyadjusted bycompensatingthe Pennsylva-nia claimants,and leaving the. 224 THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Yankees in peaceful possession of theirhomes. After the Revolutionary war had broughtboth peace and liberty, the valley of theSusquehanna rapidly filled with settlers, andit soon became necessary to divide thecounty, by the creation of others, to ac-commodate the increasing and extendingpopulation. The industry, enterprise, andintelligence of the people found abundantroom for development in this rich andromantic region, and an epoch of prosperitycommenced which has continued withoutinterruption down to the present of Northumberland county,41,444. Value of agricultural products,J2,347,216. Number of manufacturing es-tablishments, 424; hands employed, 1941 ;wages paid, §73
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