Susquehanna River

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Record Data

Place Unit Type

Rivers/Waterways

Containing Unit

United States of America

Events

Date		Type
05/11/1860	In Pennsylvania, thousands of logs travel down the Susquehanna on a flood when a log boom breaks	Business/Industry

People

Documents

Date	Title
11/30/1848	Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “A Slave Case,” November 30, 1848
12/06/1848	(Bellows Falls) Vermont Chronicle, “Interesting Case,” December 6, 1848
02/10/1857	New York Times, "Freshet in the Susquehanna River," February 10, 1857
04/28/1861	New York Herald, “Protection to Southern Property in New York,” April 28, 1861
08/31/1861	Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Cry of Peace,” August 31, 1861
06/30/1863	Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Rebel Occupation of Carlisle,” June 30, 1863

Images

Columbia Bridge over the Susquehanna River, Columbia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850

Pennsylvania Rail Road Bridge across the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the west, circa 1861

Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the western bank, circa 1861

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