AREA HISTORY:  Floods, Manchester Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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FLOODS – Page 614

Floods – The first flood on record, occurred in 1744; the second in 1758; the 
third in 1772; the fourth in March, 1784; the fifth, known as the “Great Pumpkin 
Flood” of September, 1786, when all the low places along the river were strewn 
with pumpkins that had floated down the stream.  The sixth flood occurred in 
1800; the seventh in 1814; the eighth in August, 1817.

In the spring of 1830, of 1865 and of 1875, the ice floods did considerable 
damage along the river.  Huge piles of ice were forced on the river banks and 
islands, at different points, and the greatest excitement prevailed.  Immense 
numbers of floating logs have been landed along the river when the booms broke 
at Williamsport and Lock Haven.