RiverRoots Heritage Blog

River Roots is Susquehanna NHA’s blog series. As it flows through Pennsylvania’s Lancaster and York Counties, the Susquehanna River has long been a gateway to exploration and a corridor of culture and commerce. From the earliest Native Americans, to the American Revolution, to the Civil War, to the Industrial Revolution, so much of America’s heritage can be traced to this waterway.

Rattlesnake Colonel: Thomas Cresap, An American Paradox

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The Black Defenders of the Susquehanna

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Stories of the Conestoga River: Victorian Progress

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Stories of the Conestoga River:
Colonial Settlement

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Stories of the Conestoga River: Presettlement Conditions

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Felling Penn's Woods

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Enola Low Grade

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Forgotten Fruit: Pawpaw

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1863 Bridge Burning

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Mayfly
The Hatch

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History of the Shifter

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Power of the River

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American Eels

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William Whipper

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Ice Jams on the
Susquehanna

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Pontiac's War &
the Paxton Boys

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Envisioning the
Susquehannock Community

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Searching for Moses

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America's Greatest Sonneteer

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Underground Railroad at Hybla

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Shad Wars

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Atlantic Flyway
Conejohela Flats

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Unique Geology

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Latrobe's Map

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Dugout Canoes on the Susquehanna

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Susquehannock Culture

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Pittsburgh of the East

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Forgotten Towns: Billmeyer

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Bridging the Susquehanna

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Susanna Wright

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