Record Data Place Unit Type Rivers/Waterways Containing Unit United States of America Events Date Type 05/11/1860 In Pennsylvania, thousands of logs travel down the Susquehanna on a flood when a log boom breaks Business/Industry People Documents Date Title 11/30/1848 Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “A Slave Case,” November 30, 1848 12/06/1848 (Bellows Falls) Vermont Chronicle, “Interesting Case,” December 6, 1848 02/10/1857 New York Times, "Freshet in the Susquehanna River," February 10, 1857 04/28/1861 New York Herald, “Protection to Southern Property in New York,” April 28, 1861 08/31/1861 Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “The Cry of Peace,” August 31, 1861 06/30/1863 Washington (DC) National Intelligencer, “Rebel Occupation of Carlisle,” June 30, 1863 Images Columbia Bridge over the Susquehanna River, Columbia, Pennsylvania, circa 1850 Pennsylvania Rail Road Bridge across the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the west, circa 1861 Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the western bank, circa 1861
Pennsylvania Rail Road Bridge across the Susquehanna River near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from the west, circa 1861