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Holtwood and Safe Harbor weren’t Lancaster’s only hydroelectric dams. Enter the Colemanville Water & Power Company
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Holtwood and Safe Harbor weren’t Lancaster’s only hydroelectric dams. Enter the Colemanville Water & Power Company

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Today Baumgardner's Mill sits quietly along Covered Bridge Road in Pequea Township. But more than 100 years, there was a raging, sometimes violent feud with the neighboring downstream miller at Burnt Mill. Some say the dispute over water access got so heated it led to murder.

In 1976 the Conestoga Valley Association created a detailed canoeing guide to the historic Conestoga, including five maps and numerous points of interest. While a lot has changed in the past 45 years, this 33-page booklet is still a great read!

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Take a stroll down memory lane to North School Lane, to be precise, as we visit the phantom place of Upland Lawn.

Today Baumgardner's Mill sits quietly along Covered Bridge Road in Pequea Township. But more than 100 years, there was a raging, sometimes violent feud with the neighboring downstream miller at Burnt Mill. Some say the dispute over water access got so heated it led to murder.

The Lady Gay south of Witmer Bridge in the early 1900s. She was a shallow draw steamer, able to carry 100 passengers on trips up and down the river. Florence Starr Taylor's illustration comes from the 33-page 'Canoeing Guide to the Historic Conestoga" booklet.

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