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- Wright's_Ferry abstract "Wright's Ferry (1730–1901) was an animal powered ferry established by John Wright in 1730; it was the first means of crossing the Susquehanna, which is very wide near its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay, for settlers in the southern part of Pennsylvania. As settlers started to move into the area, there were conflicts with Lord Baltimore of Maryland, who thought his grant covered this area. He used Thomas Cresap in the area to try to prevent settlers from Pennsylvania. This triggered s series of armed confrontations known as Cresap's War during the 1730s, as Cresap ran off settlers and gave their land to his followers. The long border dispute was finally settled in 1767 when both colonies accepted the Mason–Dixon line.The ferry was developed in the early 18th century to transport goods, animals, and people across the Susquehanna River in south central Pennsylvania, between present-day Lancaster and York counties. Settlement in this area was recent, as immigrants and others moved down from other areas. Lord Baltimore used Cresap to run off settlers from the Pennsylvania side, as the two provinces argued over the boundary between them. The ferry was sited just north of the mid-river islands of the Conejohela Flats region, since flooded by a lake created by a dam on the rive. Their ownership was disputed due to a mistake in the charter of the Province of Pennsylvania.The river came to be the political boundary between the unsettled lands of the two counties. Development of the ferry led to the growth of towns around both landings: present-day Columbia (first called Wright's Ferry by pioneers in the area) on the eastern shore and Wrightsville on the western. In Columbia, the ferry landing was located immediately south of the present-day Columbia-Wrightsville Veterans Memorial Bridge. Route 462, the Lincoln Highway, now passes through this area.".
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- Wright's_Ferry comment "Wright's Ferry (1730–1901) was an animal powered ferry established by John Wright in 1730; it was the first means of crossing the Susquehanna, which is very wide near its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay, for settlers in the southern part of Pennsylvania. As settlers started to move into the area, there were conflicts with Lord Baltimore of Maryland, who thought his grant covered this area. He used Thomas Cresap in the area to try to prevent settlers from Pennsylvania.".
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