. 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 . - was formedout of part of Cumberland, on the 9th ofMarch, 1771, by the colonial legislature, andwas the ninth established in the province. * The distances on this road are from Mount Dallas. BEDFORD. 201. BEDFORD At the time of its formation it embraced theentire south-western portion of the county is mountainous a
. 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 . - was formedout of part of Cumberland, on the 9th ofMarch, 1771, by the colonial legislature, andwas the ninth established in the province. * The distances on this road are from Mount Dallas. BEDFORD. 201. BEDFORD At the time of its formation it embraced theentire south-western portion of the county is mountainous and hilly,—theranges of Sideling hill, Rays hill, Clearridge, Tusseys, Dunnings, and Wills moun-tains passing through it, and the main Alle-gheny forming its western boundary. In themidst of these mountains are fertile valleys of limestone and red shale lands, highlyimproved and peculiarly beautiful. Theprincipal streams are the Raystown branchof the Juniata, Dunnings creek, and Willscreek. Iron-ore of the finest quality aboundsin all portions of the county, and in thevicinity of the town of Bedford hematiteand foissil ores are extensively mined for 202 THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. shipment. Semi-bituminous coal exists inthe south-eastern corner, in what is knownas the Broad Top region, and is worked to aconsiderable extent,—railroad improvementsto facilitate this industry having been builtin the last score of years. The first settlement made where Bedfordnow stan
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