. 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 . the south the broad river sweepsaway, studded with islands and bordered byfertile farms, until the spires and domes ofHarrisburg are seen, and the blue hills ofCumberland and York close the contains two churches and severalhotels. Population, 259. Haleys, one hundred and twelve miles. Marysville, one hundred
. 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 . the south the broad river sweepsaway, studded with islands and bordered byfertile farms, until the spires and domes ofHarrisburg are seen, and the blue hills ofCumberland and York close the contains two churches and severalhotels. Population, 259. Haleys, one hundred and twelve miles. Marysville, one hundred and thirteenmiles.—First station in Perry county, atthe point where the Pennsylvania Railroadcrosses the Northern Central. Perry countywas created by act of March 22d, 1820, outof Cumberland. It lies between two greatranges of mountains,—the Kittatinny onthe south-east and the Tuscarora on thenorth-west,—and is intersected l)y numeroussubordinate ridges, which subdivide it intomany valleys, some of them of limestone andothers of slate, all fertile, well cultivated,abundantly watered, and picturesque to aremarkable degree. The Susquehanna riverforms the eastern boundary of the is rich in iron ore, and the manufacture IIG THE PENNSYLVANIA EARLY MORNING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA EAST OF DUNCANNON. of iron is extensively carried on within itslimits. The original settlers were Scotch-Irish, who pushed up into these valleys soonafter the same hardy race had made theirhomes in the northern part of Lancastercounty and in the great Cumberland met with much hostility from the In-dians, and many families were one period almost all the settlers weredriven from their homes, but they soonreturned, and taught the aborigines that theycould not be conquered or , 25,447. Value of agriculturalproductions, $2,793,127. Number of manu-facturing establishments, 282; hands em-ployed, 1037; wages paid, §299,300; capi-tal invested, $1
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