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	Conestoga wagon -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Composed of up to 100 Conestoga wagons (q.v.; sometimes called prairie schooners), wagon trains soon became the prevailing mode of long-distance overland transportation for both people and goods.
		county, southeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., consisting of a hilly piedmont region bounded by the Susquehanna River to the west, Conewago Creek to the northwest, and Octoraro Creek to the southeast.
		The original site on Conestoga Creek, known as Gibson's Pasture, or Hickory Town, was made the county seat in 1729, the year after Lancaster county (named for the English city and...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9025144?tocId=9025144 (709 words)

	Landis Mill Covered Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Landis Mill Covered Bridge also known as the Little Conestoga #1 Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
		It is the only bridge in the county to use multiple kingpost trusses.
		The 41 foot long and 13 foot wide bridge crosses the Little Conestoga Creek.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Landis_Mill_Covered_Bridge (115 words)

	Conestoga Township
		Conestoga Center, near the centre of the township, Rockhill is the northwest, Slackwater in the north, Safe Harbor in the west, and Colemanville in on the southeast, are the chief centers of population.
		The township of Conestoga, or as it was originally named Conestogoe, was erected in 1718, to have jurisdiction over all the territory in Chester county lying west of the Octorara creek, and ex- tending northward and including the Welsh settlements along the eastern branch of the Conestoga.
		The population of Conestoga township in 1880 was 2,550.
	www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/townships/conestoga/conestee.htm (15093 words)

	Summary of Citation
		Conestoga limestone used for dark slaty limestone and marble conglomerate; thin-bedded, granular blue limestone; and thin graphitic slate.
		The Conestoga of type locality, in the Lancaster, York, and Hanover Valleys, lies north of Mine Ridge axis, and its southwestern end is in strike with Frederick Valley, although separated from it by an area of Triassic rocks.
		The Conestoga is not known to be faunal equivalent of the Frederick limestone and cannot at present be correlated with it.
	ngmdb.usgs.gov /Geolex/Refsmry/sumry_1193.html (818 words)

	History of Manor Township
		Conestoga Manor, when surveyed and laid out in 1717-18, embraced seventeen thousand acres, including the two original five-hundred acres tracts owned by James Logan and John Cartlige in the southern part of the township.
		Otherwise the present boundaries of the township are the same as the original limits,-Lancaster township on the east, the Conestoga Creek on the southeast and south, and the Susquehanna River on the west and southwest.
		Among the early German Mennonite families who settled in Conestoga Manor were the Herrs, the Baughmans, the Mayers, the Shanks, the Killhavers, the Funks, the Kauffmans, the Hostetters, the Oberholtzers, the Zieglers, the Witmers, the Kendigs, the Lintners, the Wisslers, the Millers, the Newcomers, the Corrells, or Charleses, and others.
	www.rootsweb.com /~pacahs/manor.htm (9155 words)

	Landis Valley Museum - Pennsylvania German Heritage - Lancaster County Tourism, PA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This new type of wagon was known as the Conestoga wagon and it served as the principal freight hauler in Pennsylvania and neighboring areas until the advent of canals and railroads nearly a century later.
		The true Conestoga wagon had a "boat-shaped" body, higher at the front and rear and with a sloping bed to keep cargo from rolling out the ends.
		It is said that Conestoga wagon traffic was so heavy that wagoners sometimes had to wait three days for their turn to cross the Susquehanna River.
	www.landisvalleymuseum.org /tour_wagonshed.htm (436 words)

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		Codorus Creek near York, Pa. Purpose: To determine load and yield of nutrients and sediment of a complex watershed that drains extensive cropland with a number of fairly large reserviors.
		Codorus Creek near Pleasureville, Pa. Purpose: To determine load and yield of nutrients and sediment of a watershed with suburban and urban devlopment.
		The gage is located on the east bank upstream of the Route 30 bridge and 1 mile downstream of Marietta, Pa. Conestoga River at Conestoga, Pa. Purpose: To determine load, yield, and trend of nutrients and sediment of a watershed with intense agricultural activity and increasing suburban development.
	www.srbc.net /data/Stations.txt (1046 words)

	FDA Consumer: Chill factor: floods, football, and tainted ice
		Conestoga Creek, which gave its name to the famed pioneer wagons, runs some 50 miles through southeastern Pennsylvania before it empties into the Susquehanna River.
		Alongside the creek is the Nolt Ice Company of New Holland, which turns out 100 tons of edible ice a day-cube, crushed and block-using water from three capped wells.
		Pennsylvania, Delaware and Philadelphia health officials, aided by FDA and the Centers for Disease Control, agreed that the flooding of Conestoga Creek had caused the problem, although the exact source of contamination could not be established.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1370/is_n3_v22/ai_6704821 (1038 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Pennsylvania farms' pollutants wash into Chesapeake Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		But the problems of the west branch of Little Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County become the bay's problems, sooner or later.
		The result of the animal-waste runoff is evident in the west branch of the Little Conestoga, a tributary of the Conestoga River.
		Such groups as the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance have worked with farmers to use fences to keep cows out of streams, create a buffer zone of undergrowth near streams and decrease the spreading of manure.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001941048_chesapeake28.html (1109 words)

	Donegal, Pa.
		The land upon which they settled was not (yet) placed in the market for sale or settlement by Penn. They refused to pay any quit-rents to the Proprietaries, who declined to issue any patents for their land.
		The western boundry of Conestoga was the Conestoga Creek.
		While we see no mention of the Doak families in the available records for the area, there were undoubtedly at least three Doak families farming land in the area during this period from 1723 to 1737.
	www.doak.ws /donegal.htm (2158 words)

	Pennsylvania Covered Bridges List
		PA56 SE 1.4 miles from jct with PA96 in Pleasantville, W. on Dunnings Creek Rd. (SR671) 0.1 miles to the bridge on the N. side of the road.
		Little Conestoga Rd. NW (curves W.) 1.6 miles from jct with PA100 in Eagle, SW on Milford Rd. about 0.4 miles, park and walk 0.2 miles S. to the bridge.
		At Beaver Creek Farm Cabins ESE of Strasburg, Strasburg Township.
	www.dalejtravis.com /cblist/cbpa.htm (6533 words)

	Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Record-Express
		The Lititz Creek is actually Carter's Run and it is named for one of the earliest local settlers, a gent from Warwickshire England (Hmm, could there be a connection here to Warwick Township?).
		Hammer Creek is named for the Grubb drop-hammer iron forge-the first in the new world-that was constructed along its banks.
		Lovington played his last tune and his shack fell to nothing, the creek was still being referred to as the San Domingo or the Santo Domingo.
	4mermarine.com /news/ott000511.html (844 words)

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		It is watered on the southern border by Pequea creek and on a portion of the northern border by Mill creek; and Muddy run and Cattail run flow through the township.
		Its situation is between Mill creek and the Conestoga; and its township line is also that of West Earl on the north, Earl on the east, Lea- cock on the southeast, East Lampeter on the south and southwest, and Manheim on the northwest.
		The Mechanicsburg school house was erected in 1850; Mill Creek in the same year; Bard's in 1853; Stormtown in 1853; Stumptown in 1858; Locust Grove in 1860; Gibbon's in 1862; Mussers' and Myers' in 1863; and Wenger's in 1869.
	www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/townships/leacock/leacock.htm (8776 words)

	Description of the Geology of Lancaster County Pennsylvania
		The edge of the limestone plain is made irregular by projecting spurs of Potsdam, (overlying gneiss) from Chester County; and Pequea valley and Conestoga valley are two projections of low limestone land into the Azoic country of the Welsh mountain region of that county.
		The edge of the limestone is masked in many places by Potsdam quartzite fragments, the mother rock of which does not appear.
		South of Fishing Creek in Drumore Township and to Peter’s creek is a chlorite-schist belt containing the roofing slates of Peach Bottom so extensively quarried.
	www.libraries.psu.edu /emsl/guides/X/lancaster.htm (560 words)

	General Information
		The Quaker government had surveyors lay off a large area bounded by the Little Conestoga Creek near Millersville, to the Susquehanna River, and to the Conestoga Creek.
		This area was called the Manor of Conestoga, and some historians believe it was set aside as a domain in which the Indians could live and hunt.
		Records indicate the Manor of Conestoga was officially changed to Manor Township in 1759.
	www.manortwp.org /general.cfm?generalid=7&townshipid=4 (717 words)

	RETTEW
		Water quality of the Little Conestoga Creek has far-reaching impacts because this watershed empties into the ecologically sensitive Chesapeake Bay.
		Land development within Little Conestoga’s 65-mile watershed resulted in increased stormwater run-off, frequent flash flood surges and accelerated erosion, creating both local and regional environmental concerns.
		RETTEW assisted the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance in winning a $95,600 Growing Greener grant and in completing an assessment and restoration plan for the overall watershed.
	www.rettew.com /projects/mapleGrove.htm (143 words)

	Lancaster Valley Final Rule
		Martin Keen, proprietor of Conestoga Vineyards in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
		The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms believes the establishment of Lancaster Valley as a viticultural area and its subsequent use as an appellation of origin in wine labeling and advertising will allow local wineries to better designate their specific grape- growing area and will enable consumers to better identify the wines they purchase.
		Lancaster Valley is bounded on the north, east and south by areas of higher elevation ranging from 100 to 600 feet above the valley floor, and on the west by the Susquehanna River.
	www.wineinstitute.org /ava/reference/fr/htm/lancaster_final.htm (2040 words)

	Stroud Water Research Center: The Road to Independence
		Ruth Patrick, the driving force behind the new department, immediately launched her pathfinding study of the Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County.
		The Conestoga study foreshadowed both the mission and the philosophy of the Stroud Center.
		Its research progressed from a focus on one tributary of White Clay Creek to programs that span the globe, and its scientists brought the institution a worldwide reputation for excellence.
	www.stroudcenter.org /portrait/14.htm (474 words)

	Lancaster County Website: Little Conestoga Creek Watershed Plan
		The Little Conestoga Creek Watershed is located in the central portion of Lancaster County, adjacent to the Conestoga River.
		Little Conestoga Creek drains a total surface area of approximately 64 square miles.
		The major tributaries to the Little Conestoga Creek are the West Branch, Brubaker Run, Millers Run and Swarr Run.
	www.co.lancaster.pa.us /lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=468954 (265 words)

	Caernarvon Township : Historical Background of Caernarvon Township
		The Colonial Minutes record that, after a conference held at Philadelphia in 1715, the Indians voluntarily abandoned their land in the Conestoga Valley.
		Soon thereafter, in 1718, this land was surveyed and land warrants were issued to William Davies, his sons, sons-in-law, and other Welshmen, all of St. Davids.
		The new Welsh settlement ran from the head of the valley in the vicinity of Twin Valley Road, westward to Terre Hill, a distance of 8 miles on both sides of the Conestoga Creek.
	www.caernarvon.org /history/background.html (1209 words)

	Chesapeake Bay Journal: Often, the best fish passage is none at all - April 2004
		For residents along Pennsylvaniaâs Conestoga Creek, 1731 was the spring the shad didnât show up.
		The culprit, they quickly discovered, was a downstream mill owner who had dammed the creek to power his operation.
		But in February, when 650 pounds of explosives blew a 130-foot notch in Embrey Dam on the Rappahannock River, it provided a vivid example of something Conestoga Creek residents realized more than two centuries agoâ”the best fish passage is often none at all.
	www.bayjournal.com /article.cfm?article=1251 (2096 words)

	Cabela's Bear Creek Cabin Kit by Conestoga - Cabela's
		Ideal for small family outings or as a hunting and fishing camp, the Bear Creek Cabin is 17' x 24'.
		Premium Conestoga cabins are constructed of solid-wood, glue-laminated Everlast logs that have been kiln dried to 15% or below giving them more strength than standard logs and to eliminate shrinkage and warping.
		Conestoga uses only high-quality, pre-sized, number-one dense Southern yellow pine flooring that will stand up to years of traffic.
	www.cabelas.com /products/Cpod0022783.jsp (406 words)

	Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Outbreak of Viral Gastroenteritis -- Pennsylvania and Delaware
		The ice was traced to a manufacturer in southeastern Pennsylvania whose wells had been flooded by waters from Conestoga Creek following a torrential rainfall on September 8.
		An increase in diarrheal illness was also noted among residents along Conestoga Creek who obtained their drinking water from private wells that were also flooded.
		No bacterial pathogens were identified from any of the stool samples, but a 27-nm virus-like particle was identified in a sample from a University of Pennsylvania student.
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000992.htm (1142 words)

	Lauver-Davis and all families
		A break from 1721 when the second child was born and 1737 when the fourth child was born and considering Anna Bar Shank's age might indicate that she was not the mother of all of Michael Shank's children.
		Catherine SHANK was born in Apr 1720 in Conestoga Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa..
		May have lived on 424 acre property shared by father Michael and uncle Henry Bar along the Conestoga Creek (Conestoga Twp.) within present-day boundaries of the city of Lancaster.
	www.timevoyagers.com /Lauver01/d54.htm (1400 words)

	Presentation9/22/98P1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He settled on a tract along the upper reaches of the Mill Creek, near the location of Summit Valley Elementary School, New Holland, Pennslvania.
		Hans Heinrich settled east of Weaverland along the upper reaches of the Conestoga River.
		He acquired the name "Creek Henry" because his homestead was located next to the Conestoga Creek.
	www.genealogygoldmine.com /martin/Presentation92298/Page5.html (347 words)

	Northeastern Tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oberholzer's, or Red Run Mill Bridge is on the right of the road in a campground on Muddy Creek.
		It is perhaps a hundred yards on past the bridge, the old ruined mill on Muddy Creek, and Hinkletown Inn.
		Some maps say it is Conestoga Creek Road, but the sign at the turn says Cabin Road.
	william-king.www.drexel.edu /top/bridge/CBDTNEL.html (391 words)

	025 Pa. Code § 93.9o. Drainage List O.
		3—Unnamed Tributary to Pequea Creek at RM 3.35
		3—Unnamed Tributary to Pequea Creek at RM 3.20
		3—Unnamed Tributary to Octoraro Creek at RM 13.60
	www.pacode.com /secure/data/025/chapter93/s93.9o.html (582 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Pennsylvania Pollution Muddies Bay Cleanup
		MANOR TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- The sailboat harbors and crabbing grounds of the Chesapeake Bay are miles from this shallow stream that runs through fields reeking of manure.
		There is an excess of manure because the county's concentrated dairy and beef cattle operations are producing more waste than its crops can absorb as fertilizer.
		Such groups as the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance have worked with farmers to use fences to keep cows out of streams.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A30009-2004May15?language=printer (1296 words)

	The English Department @ Elizabethtown College
		The native American term for a river or creek often notes features which are still apparent.
		The meaning of Conestoga Creek in Lancaster County is uncertain, but it may mean "crooked stream." The creek gave its name to the town, which became famous for the large, broad-wheeled covered wagons built there--Conestoga wagons.
		But when three road surveyors passed by its shores in 1817, they were impressed by the silvery, rippling note of its waters.
	users.etown.edu /d/DOWNINDC/riverside.htm (411 words)

	FR Doc 04-19014
		At the confluence with None 12 Flagler County Haw Creek*.
		At the confluence with None 11 Flagler County Bull Creek*.
		Approximately 2,000 17 18 feet downstream of the confluence with Bulow Creek.
	a257.g.akamaitech.net /7/257/2422/06jun20041800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2004/04-19014.htm (3122 words)

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