Williamsport

Williamsport, capital of Lycoming county, Pennsylvania, on the west bank of the Susquehanna (here crossed by a suspension bridge), 93 miles by rail N. of Harrisburg. It lies in the midst of attractive scenery, and is a popular summer-resort, but is chiefly notable as one of the great lumber marts of the Union. The boom here cost a million dollars, and can hold 300,000,000 feet of lumber. Pop. (1880) 18,934; (1890) 27,132.