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Massacre of the Conestogas On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County

Author: Jack Brubaker

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Publisher: The History Press

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Copyright: 2010

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Pages: 192

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Cover Price: $ 21.99

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On two chilly December days in 1763, bands of armed men raged through camps of peaceful Conestoga Indians. They killed twenty women, children and men, effectively wiping out the tribe. These murderous rampages by Lancaster County’s Paxton Boys were the culminating tragedies in a series of traded atrocities between European settlers and native tribes. Lancaster journalist Jack Brubaker gives a blow-by-blow account of the massacres, examines their aftermath and investigates how the Paxton Boys got away with murder. Join Brubaker as he follows the bloody trail left by the killers through the Pennsylvania countryside.

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Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn, leading the way during the American Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.