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  • Editorial
  • Most Appalling Calamity ! !, Edited by John F. Reed
    This article details the “Great Train Wreck” as the incident is known in Montgomery County. It has been documented as one of the most appalling railroad disasters in this country and occurred Thursday July 17, 1856. 65 ¼ pp.
  • Opening of the Philadelphia and Norristown Rail Road
    This piece was extracted from The Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, August 18, 1835. 4 ¼ pp.
  • The United States Census of 1850, Montgomery County, by Edited by Jane K. Burris
    • Franconia Township – 16 ¼ pp.
  • Reports