- Author
- Magee, Daniel F.
- Date of Publication
- 1926
one of the emigrants, Martin Meylan, erected in 1719 what Rupp calls a bor-
ing mill to bore out gun barrels.
Phillip LeFevre was another early gun smith whose shop was located at
Big Spring, Beaver Valley about four miles from Lancaster, where he made
guns (or rifles) from 1731 to 1766.
Mathew