original townships of Lancaster County,Hempfieldwasastoplayamajorroleinthehistoryofthecounty. Hempfield originally extended from the Susquehanna River eastward to the Little Conestoga River, and included all the land above the confluence of those two rivers northward to the Big Chiquesalunga Creek and Old

worked; today this pretty little rural paradise is a collection of automobile graveyards to the west of Dr. Brett's handsome Old stone house on the Marietta Pike. One of the few remaining unspoiled places in Lancaster County is the valley along the Big Chiquesalunga Creek from Richard Nissley's farm near

BetiNehmax X,rd • reb-ud2"11., 1.14"•.&1•••• .1- I 66 ' pm rlI”! • on.. • S. I- r••n•' ‘,NNs. .,1"/ .4 Ade s e 1, 4 To inaugurate a new series of features on the townships of Lancaster County to appear regularly in the Journal we present a brief background of the development of Lancaster County. When William