Columbia

Columbia is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1947.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1947 · PA 462 (Chestnut St.) at end of Vet's Meml. Bridge near N 2nd, Columbia (directly across 462 from Li

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Originally Wright's Ferry, founded by John Wright in 1726. An early center for turnpike, canal and railroad activity, at an important Susquehanna River crossing. First bridge built in 1812.

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

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Columbia

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