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Kishcoquillas valley, extends from the middle of Henderson t-ship, Hunt- ingdon co. N. E. through Union t- ship, Mifflin co. into Armagh t-ship. It is in length about 26 miles. It is drained by the Great and Little Kish- coquillas creeks. Bounded E. by Jack's mountain, by the Stoney and Path mountains.
Kiskiminitas river. (See Cone- maugh river.)
Kiskiminitas, t-ship, Armstrong co. taken from Allegheny t-ship in 1831, is bounded N. E. by Plumb Creek t-ship, S. E. by Indiana county, and S. W. by the Conemaugh river, and N. W. by Allegheny t-ship. Cen- trally distant S. E. of Kittanning 15 miles ; greatest length 8}, breadth 7 miles ; area, 22,720 acres. The town of Warren lies on the river, and the post-office bearing the name of the t-ship, is 210 miles N. W. from W. C. and 188 from Harrisburg. There are several valuable salt works upon the river, at which large quantities of salt are made and sent to the western towns by the state canal, which fol- lows the river in part through the t-ship.
Kittatinny mountains. This range passes through Sussex county, N. J. crosses Delaware river at the Dela- ware Water gap, into Northampton county, Penn., and continuing S. W. crosses Susquehannah river 5 miles above Harrisburg, separates Perry from Cumberland, and Franklin from Huntingdon and Bedford counties, and runs into Maryland, W. from Cone- cocheague creek; crosses Potomac river, between Back creek and Shen- andoah rivers. It is finally merged amongst the other mountain ridges of Virginia. It must be deemed the first chain on the E. of the Appalachian system of mountains. (See part I.)
Kittatinny valley, between the Kit- tatinny range and Blue ridge. In Penn. it varies from 8 to 15 miles in width, and is uniformly composed of a limestone base towards the Blue ridge, and of clay slate on the side of Kittatinny mountain. The line of sep- aration between those two rock form- ations crosses Delaware river about 20 miles above Easton ; the Lehigh at the slates about 5 miles above Allen- town; the Schuylkill above the mouth of Maiden creek ; the Susquehannah in the borough of Harrisburg, and the Potomac near the mouth of the Con- ecocheague. In Virginia the line of division nearly corresponds with Ope- quan creek, between Jefferson and Berkley counties. It is a common but erroneous opinion that the whole of this valley is based on limestone ; that rock is, however, found chiefly on the S. E. side, whilst on the N. W. the slate predominates. Yet veins of limestone occasionally alternate. Thé whole of the lands of this valley may be deemed fertile. The limestone is most exuberant, but is somewhat un- certain and requires laborious cultiva- tion, whilst the slate, lighter and more easily formed, produces abundantly, if judiciously fed with stable manure and lime.
Kittanning, t-ship and borough, Armstrong co. The t-ship is bound- ed N. by the Mahoning creek, E. by Wayne and Plumb Creek t-ships, S. by Crooked Creek, and W. by the Allegheny river. Greatest length 172 miles, breadth 7; area, 51,200 acres ; surface hilly ; soil, gravelly and fertile loam. Pop. in 1830, 1629 ; taxables, 281. The turnpike road from Indiana to Kittanning pass- es N. W. through it. The borough of Kittanning and co. town lies on the E. bank of the Allegheny river, lat. 40º 30' N. 40 miles N. E. of Pittsburg, and about 155 miles a little N. of W. from Harrisburg. Its population in 1830, amounted to 526 souls ; taxa- bles, 123. It contains 90 dwellings, 10 stores, 5 taverns, 3 tanneries, 3 smiths and other mechanics, 7 lawyers
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and 3 physicians. The Presbyteri-y the flames. At length some of the In- ans have one church here 50 feet square, and the German Reformed and Lutherans have together one, which is 52 by 35 feet. There is a court house and public offices of brick, a prison of stone. Abundance of ex- cellent coal is dug in the town, and de- livered to consumers at less than $1 per ton. Provisions are abundant and cheap. Flour may be had at $3 per barrel, beef at 3 cts. per lb. pork 3 cts. venison hams at 1} cts. fowls 61 cts. each, butter 6 to 8 cts. per lb. and eggs at 6 cts. per dozen; add to which a rich, pleasant and healthy country. There is an academy here, to which the state has given $2000, and there is also a public library. The academy was incorporated April 2d, 1821, and the town also by an act of assembly of the same date.
This town bears the name, and is built upon the site of an old Indian vil- lage which was burned on the morn- ing of the 8th of August, 1757, by Col. afterward Gen. John Armstrong. With a force of 300 men he approach- ed the place by the river, about 100 perches below the town, at 3 o'clock in the morning, near a cornfield in which a number of the enemy were lodged, out of their cabins, on account of the heat of the weather. As soon as the dawn of day made the town visible, the troops attacked it through the field, killing several of the foe. Capt. Jacobs, their principal chief, sounded the war whoop, and defended his house bravely through loop-holes in the logs, and his Indians generally refused quarter which was offered to them, declaring that they were men and would not be prisoners. Colonel Armstrong, who had received a musket ball in the shoulder, ordered their ca- bins to be set on fire. Quarter was again tendered and again refused, and one of the savages avowed his con- tempt of death, solaced as it would be, by the slaughter of many of the as- sailants. The notes of the death song rose high and loud, and were heard above the crackling and roaring of
dians, among whom were Capt. Jacobs and his family, burst from their houses and attempted to cross the river, but were instantly shot down. The in- habitants of the town had been abun- dantly supplied by the French with arms and amunition, which were stored in their huts ; the former being loaded were discharged in quick succession as the fire came to them, and the latter exploded from time to time, throwing portions of the wigwams and the bo- dies of the inhabitants high into the air .. A party of the natives appeared on the opposite side of the river, and having fired on the troops without ef- fect, crossed the stream below the town, for the purpose, it would seem, of collecting some horses to carry off their wounded. Near 40 Indians were destroyed in this attack, and 11 English prisoners released, and the enterprise, well timed and successfully executed, prevented an inroad which had been planned by the French and Indians, and so intimidated the latter, who had never before been attacked in their towns, that many retired be- yond Fort Duquesne. Colonel Arm- strong and his officers received the thanks of the corporation of Philadel- phia, and a medal was stricken com- mernorative of their success.
Klingerstown, on the S. E. border of Upper Mahanoy t-ship, Northumber- land co. 17 miles S. E. from Sunbury, near the point of junction of Schuyl- kill, Northumberland and Dauphin counties, and between Mahantango and Long Pine creeks, contains some 10 or 12 dwellings.
Klinesville, p-o. Berks co. 152 miles from W. C., and 63 from Harrisburg.
Knoxville, p-t. Tioga co. distant 282 miles from W. C. and 176 from Har- risburg. It has its name from the post master, Cotton Knox.
Koening's creek, a small tributary of the Little Schuylkill river, which flows into it, about 9 miles above port Clinton. On this stream, is a forge belonging to the cstate of the late Mr. Egy.
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Kreidersville, p-t. of Northampton co. on the main road from Bethlehem to Berwick, about 10 miles from Beth- lehem, in Allen t-ship. It contains 3 houses and one store, one tavern and a grist mill, turned by the Hocken- docque creek ; a church is situated within a short distance of the town be- longing to Lutherans. It is distant 194 miles from W. C. and 101 from Harrisburg.
Kripstown, East Bethel t-ship, Washington co. on the Monongahela river opposite to Bridge point and on the national road, 23 miles S. E. of Washington borough.
Kunkles gap, in the Blue mountain about midway of the southern bound- ary of East Penn t-ship, in Northamp- ton co. through which a road passes from Lehighton to Allentown.
Kutztown, p-t. and borough of Max- atawny t-ship, Berks co. on the road leading from Reading to Allentown, 17 miles from each, 160 miles from W. C., and 69 from Harrisburg, upon a branch of Maiden creek. It contains about 120 dwellings, several stores and taverns, and a church pertaining to the Lutherans and German Reform- ed. It was incorporated by act of as- sembly 1st March, 1815.
Kulpsville, p-o. Montgomery co. named after the post master, Charles C. Kulp, distant 162 miles from W. C. and 91 from Harrisburg.
Kylersville, p-o. Clearfield co. 194 miles N. W. of W. C. and 122 from Harrisburg.
Lack, t-ship, Juniata co. bounded N. E. by Milford and Turbett t-ships, S. E. by Perry co. S. W. by Hunt- ingdon co. and N. W. by Wayne t- ship, Mifflin co. Length 14 miles, breadth 10 miles; area 64,000 acres; surface mountainous with spacious val- leys, in which is a fertile limestone soil. The hills are composed princi- pally of slate. The pop. in 1830 was 674 ; taxables in 1828, 145. The t-ship was divided since 1820, and Tuscarora taken from it. The Tus- carora mountain prior to that time bounded it on the S. E., and N. of it
Ilie Shade and Log mountains. The streams were Licking, Black Log, and Tuscarora creeks.
Lackawannock, r. has its principal sources in Scott and Mt. Pleasant t- ships, Wayne co. and in Gibson t-ship, Susquehannah co. and flows south- wardly along the west side of the Moosic mountain, entering Luzerne co. above Rix's gap, thence deflecting westwardly it pursues a S. W. course of more than 20 miles to the Susque- hannah river, into which it empties N. of the village of Pittston, receiving in its course from the east Roaring brook, Abbots creek, and Spring brook, and from the W. Chrystal lake, creek, Legate's and Capous creek, and from both sides other streams less considerable. Its whole length is about 30 miles. It is a rapid and strong stream, and drives many mills in its course. The abundance of anthracite coal on both sides of this r. throughout its course, renders it an ob- ject of great interest, not only to the inhabitants of the Lackawannock val- ley, but to the state at large, and even to the inhabitants of New York, who have already penetrated the valley, by means of the Hudson and Delaware canal and rail road. An act has been passed (1828, 1829,) for incorporating a company, to improve the navigation of the Lackawannock by a canal. The distance from Carbondale, the seat of the coal operations of the Hudson and Delaware company, to the Sus- quehannah at the mouth of the Lack- awannock, is 23 miles, and the exten- sion of the north branch canal sixteen miles, would then make available one of the finest coal regions on earth, now almost worthless. An act has also been obtained for the incorporation of a company for making a rail road, from the Lackawannock coal mines to the mouth of the Shenango river, on the Susquehannah in the state of New York. (See Carbondale.)
The valley of the Lackawannock extends from the mouth of the river up the same about 30 miles. The soil is of the second quality, the sur-
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face uneven, forming no level plains of|| up the valley of the Lackawaxen river any considerable extent ; next to the Wyoming valley it is the most popu- lous part of the county of Luzerne. (See coal formation of Pennsylvania in the introduction, and Carbondale.)
Lackawannock, t-ship, Mercer co. bounded N. by Delaware t-ship, E. by Springfield t-ship, S. by Neshannock, and W. by Shenango t-ships. Cen- trally distant S. W. from Mercer bor. 6 miles ; greatest length 8, breadth 6 miles ; area 30,720 acres; surface hilly ; soil, loam. Pop. in 1830, 1163; taxables, 215; taxable property in 1829, real estate $85,170; personal, $11,601; rate of tax, 4 mills in the dollar. The t-ship' is drained north- ward by Lackawannock creek, which rising from a small lake flows N. and N. W. about 6 miles to the Shenango creek.
Lackawaren creek, or river, rises in Mount Pleasant t-ship, Wayne co., and flows through a deep valley, which no where exceeds a half mile in width, and is covered with an alluvial and fertile soil. It unites the greater part of the waters of that county, receiving from it the Dyberry and Middle crs., and the Waullenpaupack on the county line. - After its union with these streams, the Lackawaxen justly as- sumes the rank of a river. The head of the raft navigation is about a mile above the confluence with the Dyber- ry, but the latter stream is navigable 4 miles above the junction. The tri- butary streams below the Waullen- paupack are few and inconsiderable. The distance from the highest naviga- ble point of the Dyberry to the mouth of the Lackawaxen is 27 miles, and thence to Philadelphia 170 miles. The river abounds in fish, among which are trout, catfish, perch, and eels. At the mouth of this river, a dam has been erected across the Delaware for sup- plying the Hudson and Delaware ca- nal with water, and enabling boats to cross the river. From McCarty's point, which is formed by the junction of the Lackawaxen with the Delaware, the Delaware and Hudson canal follows
to the forks of the Dyberry, where it terminates, and where the rail-road commences, leading to the Lackawan- na coal mines, 16 miles distant. At the forks of the Dyberry, the thriving village of Honesdale has sprung up. (See " Lackawanna coal mines," Car- bondale.)
Lackawaxen, t-ship, Pike co., boun- ded N. E. by the Delaware river, on the E. by Upper Smithfield, S. by De- laware t-ships, W. by Palmyra t-ship, and N. W. by Wayne co. Its great- est length is about 21 miles, and great- est breadth about 13 miles. It is wa- tered by the Delaware river, the Lack- awaxen, Mt. Hope, Blooming Grove and Shohola creeks. The Milford and Owego, and the Bethany turnpike roads pass in a northwesterly direction.
Lake creek, Susquehannah county, a tributary of the Wyalusing creek, which flows from two small lakes, in and on the boundary line between Bridgewater and Springfield t-ships, and unites with the main stream in Rush t-ship. It affords fine mill-seats but is not navigable.
Lackawannock, t-ship, Mercer co., bounded N. by Delaware t-ship, E. by Springfield, S. by Neshannock, and W. by Shenango t-ships. Centrally dis- tant S. W. from Mercer borough, 6 miles ; length 8, breadth 6 miles ; area, 30,720 acres ; surface somewhat hilly ; soil, clay and loam. Pop. in 1830, 1163 ; taxables in 1828, 215. Value of taxable property, $85,170. The t-ship is drained S. by the Little Neshannock creek, upon which, near the southern boundary, lies the small village and post town of New Wil- mington.
Lackawissa, hill, (Indian name, La- haskeekee,) two rocky ridges which run parallel with each other from the centre, of Buckingham t-ship, Bucks co., and which, uniting, cross Solebury t-ship, to the Delawarc.
Lairdsville, p-o., Lycoming co., 203 ms. N. W. of W. C. and 92 from Harrisburg, named after the postmas. ter, John Laird,
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Lamar, t-ship, Centre co., bounded [river. Length 33 ms., breadth 28 N. by Lycoming co., E. by Logan t-ship, S. W. by Walker, and N. W. by Bald Eagle t-ship. Centrally dis- tant from Bellefonte N. E. 16 miles ; greatest length 11, breadth 5} miles ; arca, 26,880 acres ; surface, mtnous ; soil in the valleys, limestone. Pop. in 1830, 1567 ; taxables, 306. Muncy hills are on the N. W., and Nittany mountain on the S. E. In the inter- val lies Nittany valley, drained by Big Fishing creek. The Washington iron works are on a branch of this stream, near the S. W. boundary of the t-ship. Cedar creek flows N. E. along the east side of Muncy hills, through which it winds its way into Bald Eagle creek.
Lampeter, t-ship, Lancaster county, bounded N. E. by Leacock t-ship, S. E. by Strasburg, S. W. by Conestoga, and N. W. by Lancaster t-ship, Lan- caster city and Manheim t-ship: Length 72, breadth 74 ms. ; area, 24,228 acres ; surface rolling ; soil, limestone. Pop. in 1830, 3174 ; taxables, 609. The Pecquea creek flows on its S. E. and the Conestoga river on its N. W. boundary ; Mill creek, a tributary of the latter, crosses it diagonally. The Phila. and Lancaster turnpike, and the state rail-road pass through it from E. to W. There is a p-o. at Lampeter Square, a hamlet, distant about 5 miles S. E. of Lancaster city, 114 from W. C., and 40 from Harrisburg. There are in the t-ship 11 distilleries, 3 tan- neries, 12 grist mills, and 4 saw mills.
Lampeter Square, a p-t. of Lampe- ter t-ship, Lancaster co., about 5 ms. S. E. of Lancaster city, contains about 10 or 12 dwellings, 2 taverns and a store.
Lancaster, co., was the fourth county established in the province of Pennsyl- vania, being the next after Philadel- phia, Bucks and Chester, which were the primitive ones, and were simulta- neously created ; and at present is bounded N. W. by Dauphin and Le- banon counties, N. E. by Berks, E. by Chester, S. by Cecil co., state of Md., and S. W. by the Susquehannah
area 928 ms. ; central lat. 40° 3' N., long. 0° 40' E. from W. C.
It is, perhaps, the wealthiest county of the state, in natural advantages, having a fine navigable river, which washes its western shore for more than 40 miles, a great diversity of surface and soil, abundantly watered by mill streams ; many and excellent roads, the principal of which are paved with stone ; a large city, and many fine towns and villages, and a population alike enterprising, patient and indus- trious, and consequently all powerful in compelling the earth to yield her most precious fruits. The great geo- logical feature of the county is its di- vision between the secondary and tran- sition formations ; a broad vein of se- condary limestone, underlaying the southern half, whilst a nearly equal belt of transition red sandstone covers the northern. The former affords abundant supplies for building and ma- nure, and superior marble for archi- tectural ornament. This portion of the country also produces large quan- tities of the oxide of chrome, or chro. mate of iron, and abundance of mag- nesite, from which Messrs. McKim & Co. of Baltimore, have taken several hundred tons per annum, and from which they manufacture 1,500,000 lbs. of sulphate of magnesia (epsom salts), annually, supplying the country with these two articles, at a price far less than they can be imported. Iron ore is also abundant in this region, and is found in the hills on the northern boundary. Anthracite coal is said to have been discovered near Reamstown, but neither in quality nor quantity wor- thy of attention.
Three ranges of hills run through the county from S. E. to N. W., the southernmost chiefly in Martick, Bart and Sadsbury t-ships, includes Mine Ridge, and is notable for iron and copper ore, and other valuable mine- rals. The copper mines, we believe, are not at present wrought. The se- cond range, more broken and less con- tinuous, and of small elevation, com-
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mences at and about Columbia, and | nah river. Another turnpike road, includes the Ephrata ridge ; and the third, the highest and most connected, is the Conewago or South mountain.
Crossing the county from E. to W., S. of the parallel of Lancaster, we have Octorara cr., which separates it from Chester, the N. and W. branches of that stream, the Conewingo cr., Fishing creek, Muddy creek, Tuc- quean creek, the Pecquea, which runs S. W. over the county, receiving Bea- ver creek, and Little Beaver creek, and many smaller streams. The Co- nestoga creek, which, rising in Ches- ter co., flows by a western course into Warwick t-ship, and thence S. W. by the city of Lancaster to the Susque- hannah river, being the recipient of many excellent streams which increase its waters from either hand, the chief of which are the East Branch, Cocali- co, Trout, Middle and Hammer creeks, and the Little Conestoga creeks ; a slack water navigation has been made on the Conestoga creek. (See that title.) The Great and Little Chiques and the Conewago creek, which sepa- rates Lancaster from Dauphin county. All these streams afford advantageous mill sites, and are generally and use- fully improved. The state canal fol- lows the Susquehannah on the western border from Columbia northward.
The Philadelphia and Lancaster turnpike road, is notable as the first made in the United States. Its length is 62 ms. ; it was commenced in the year 1792, and finished in 1794, at an expense of $465,000. Other turn- pikes have been connected with it, ex- tending from Trenton, on the Dela- ware, to Steubenville, on the Ohio, a continuous line of 343 miles. From the city of Lancaster this road is con- tinued wesward through the county, about 11 miles to the Susquehannah river at Columbia, which it crosses by a bridge of more than 5000 feet in length. Another turnpike road leads from Lancaster city N. W. to Harris- burg, from which are laterals connect- ing with the thriving towns of Mari- etta and Falmouth, on the Susquehan-
commencing at Downingstown, Ches- ter county, traverses the N. E. part of this county for 25 miles, passing through the town of Ephrata, to Har- risburg. The Lancaster and Reading turnpike road proceeds N. E. from the city of Lancaster, through the county, 25 miles ; and the Lancaster and Wil- mington turnpike road, entering the county through Mine Hill gap, unites with the Philadelphia road, at Slay- maker's tavern, about 14 miles E. from the city of Lancaster. Country roads, kept in very good order, are made in every direction. The Penn- sylvania rail-road from Philadelphia to Columbia, runs through the county nearly due E. and W., and through the business part of the city of Lan- caster. Upon this road, in this county, are some extraordinary bridges, for a description of which see the first part of this work. Good bridges, almost universally of stone, have been made over the principal streams where crossed by the great roads ; generally at the expense of the county, or of the turnpike companies ; but in some ca- ses by companies specially incorpora- ted for the purpose, and by individuals authorized by the state. Those most worthy of note are over the Susque- hannah river and the Conestoga creek, (for which see Columbia, McCall's ferry, Marietta, Conestoga, and the titles of other streams of the county.)
The chief towns of the county are Lancaster city, the boroughs of Co- lumbia, Marietta, Washington and Strasburg, Falmouth, Bainbridge, Maytown, Elizabethtown, Mount Joy, Manheim, Petersburg, Neffsville, New Market, Fairview, Millerstown, Sou- dersburg, Paradise, Intercourse, New Holland, Churchtown, Swopetown, Hinckletown, Ephrata, Litiz, Reams- town and Adamstown, &c. &c., for notice of which, see their titles respec- tively.
We have been unable to obtain an estimate of the value of the exports of this county that can be relied upon ; it equals, certainly, if it does not sur-
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poss, that of the natural production of any county in the state. These ex- ports consist of grain of every descrip- tion, common to the country, vast quantities of flour and whiskey, iron in pigs and other castings ; in blooms and bars, in sheets, hoops, and rods, and in nails. There are in the county 7 furnaces, 14 forges, 183 distilleries, 45 tan yards, 32 fulling mills, 164 grist mills, 8 hemp mills, 87 saw mills, 9 breweries, 5 oil mills, 5 clover mills, 3 cotton manufactories, one at Hume- ville, near Lancaster, one in Salisbu- ry, and one in Sadsbury t-ship ; 3 potteries, 6 carding engines, 3 paper mills, 1 snuff mill, 7 tilt hammers, and 6 rolling mills, and one or more nail factories. In 1824, there were 333 taverns, and 165 stores, which have increased in number with the improve- ments of the country since that pe- riod.
Much attention has of late been giv- en to the cultivation of the grape, and among the most approved sorts is an indigene taken from an island of the Susquehannah, and called the " Sus- quehannah grape."
In 1790, the number of the inhabit- ants of the county amounted to 36,145; in 1800, to 43,043 ; in 1810, to 53,927; in 1820, to 68,336 ; and in 1830 to 76,558, of whom 37,632 were white males ; 36,372 white females ; 1273 free black males ; 1215 free black females ; 27 male, and 29 fe- male slaves. There were 401 aliens ; 35 deaf and dumb, of whom 32 were whites, and 19 blind.
The inhabitants of the county, though not remarkable for enthusiasm, have a decent and proper regard for reli- gion, and are divided, as every where else, in the United States, into various denominations, among which the Lu- theran, and German Reformed, are the most numerous. There are many churches pertaining to the Menonists, and some to the Omish, and an estab- lishment of Moravians at Litiz (see Litiz), bearing the impression of the love of order and utility cherished by that sect. The Presbyterians and Me-
thodists have also several churches, and the Quakers have meeting-houses in the S. E. part of the county, and at Columbia and elsewhere. There are, altogether, between 60 and 70 places of public worship in the county.
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