Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The First Long Turnpike in the United States, Vol. 1
At a very early date, roads began to be laid out from Philadelphia to the westward, and it is certain that, in 1714, there was a road which was said to be the directest and best that led from that city to the Dutch settlements at Conestoga and Susquehanna. This or another early road entered what is now a part of this county near the Gap hills, and proceeded westward, through Strasburg, the Big Spring, and on to Conestoga River, at the usual ford lead ing to the Manor. It, therefore, may be fairly asserted that the first well defined road or combination of roads from Philadelphia to Lancaster county was known, at least in part, as The Great Conestoga Road.
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