History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Volume 1Lewis Publishing Company, 1907 - Cambria County (Pa.) |
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... stone monuments used in marking this line bore the letter " P " on one side , and on the other " M , " and were brought from England by Mason and Dixon . These stones were one foot square , with a height of four and a HISTORY OF CAMBRIA ...
... stone monuments used in marking this line bore the letter " P " on one side , and on the other " M , " and were brought from England by Mason and Dixon . These stones were one foot square , with a height of four and a HISTORY OF CAMBRIA ...
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... stone markers missing , a search was made . One was discovered doing duty as a door step ; another in a bake oven , and two in the foundation for a church . Wher- ever it was possible the old markers were put back , even if broken , and ...
... stone markers missing , a search was made . One was discovered doing duty as a door step ; another in a bake oven , and two in the foundation for a church . Wher- ever it was possible the old markers were put back , even if broken , and ...
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... stone , and near Ebensburg where quarries of stone are opened they are easily worked and excellent for building being a soft granite of a grey color interspersed with glistening particles of a metallic appearance . " Fall grain is ...
... stone , and near Ebensburg where quarries of stone are opened they are easily worked and excellent for building being a soft granite of a grey color interspersed with glistening particles of a metallic appearance . " Fall grain is ...
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... Stone ( about 14 ft . high 6 inch square ) [ Huntingdon ] . 10 At each of these last places we cross Juniata . 46 To the next and last Crossing at Juniata ... 8 66 To Water Street ( branch of Juniata ) 10 66 To the big Lick ... 10 44 To ...
... Stone ( about 14 ft . high 6 inch square ) [ Huntingdon ] . 10 At each of these last places we cross Juniata . 46 To the next and last Crossing at Juniata ... 8 66 To Water Street ( branch of Juniata ) 10 66 To the big Lick ... 10 44 To ...
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... stone , 24 miles . 19th , We traveled but 12 miles ; were obliged to dry our things in the afternoon . 20th , Came to Frank's Town , but saw no Houses or Cabins ; here we overtook the Goods , because four of George Cro- gan's Hands fell ...
... stone , 24 miles . 19th , We traveled but 12 miles ; were obliged to dry our things in the afternoon . 20th , Came to Frank's Town , but saw no Houses or Cabins ; here we overtook the Goods , because four of George Cro- gan's Hands fell ...
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Page 363 - ... families sitting out in their rude gardens; cows gazing upward with a stupid indifference; men in their shirt-sleeves looking on at their unfinished houses, planning out tomorrow's work; and we riding onward, high above them, like a whirl-wind.
Page 363 - Occasionally the rails are laid upon the extreme verge of a giddy precipice; and looking from the carriage window the traveller gazes sheer down, without a stone or scrap of fence between, into the mountain depths below.
Page 363 - It was very pretty travelling thus, at a rapid pace along the heights of the mountain in a keen wind , to look down into a valley full of light and softness : catching glimpses , through the treetops, of scattered cabins; children running to the doors; dogs bursting...
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