Collection Name
Collection Name
About
About
The canal in the newspapers
Media Items
Media Items
Media Items
ItemID
wcco097
IDEntry
5840
Creator
Herald of Freedom
Rights
Public domain
Date
1848-11-01
Collection Location
Washington County Free Library
Coverage
Maryland, 1824-1938
Body
TRADE OF WILLIAMSPORT, Md.—
The Times of that place states that the streets there at present are crowded with conveyances of every variety, bearing the rich products of Washington county and of the adjoining counties of Pennsylvania, to the forwarding and commission merchants.
Notes
Southern Pennsylvania also took advantage of the C&O Canal in order to transport their harvested produce to large markets in Washington, D.C.