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The Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifle a Lancaster legend

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Author: Heckert, J. Wayne.

Date of Publication: 1993

Call Number: 683.422 H449

Responsibility: by J. Wayne Heckert and Donald Vaughn

Author: Heckert, J. Wayne.

Place of Publication: Ephrata, PA

Publisher: Science Press

Date of Publication: 1993

Physical Description: unp. ill. 24 cm.

Series: Science Press Keepsake book, 23

Notes: No. 604 of 800 copies

Subjects: Kentucky rifle.; Rifles.

Additional Author: Vaughn, Donald.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683.422 H449

Berks County longrifles & gunmakers, 1750-1900

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Author: Hornberger, Patrick.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2009.

Call Number: 683.422 H814

Alternate Title: Berks County longrifles and gunmakers, 1750-1900

Responsibility: Patrick Hornberger.

ISBN: 9781887762083; 1887762086

Author: Hornberger, Patrick.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: Reading, Pennsylvania

Publisher: Eastwind Publishing for The Historical Society of Berks County,

Date of Publication: 2009.

Physical Description: vii, 103 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 x 29 cm.

Notes: Includes index.; "This book is published in conjunction with The Historical Society of Berks County exhibit, Berks County Longrifles & Gunmakers, held in the Fall of 2009. It is a concise look at the firearms made in Berks County from the 1750s through 1900 ... The rifles and other artifacts shown in this book are the same as displayed in the exhibit, and although other gunsmiths may be mentioned occasionally, the book's intention is to feature only the examples in the exhibit. The collection of firearms is in no way the limit of the guns made in Berks County during its 150-year reign of gun making. Indeed, it only scratches the surface of the 170 or so gunsmiths that worked in the County during that century and a half. It is not my goal to give a detailed history of firearms in America ... What the exhibit and book feature are some of the most important examples of firearms ever produced in Berks County"-Source: Publisher

Contents: Preface -- Author's note -- Born of necessity -- Centers of Berks County gun making [map] -- Centers of gun making in Berks County -- The early Reading gunsmiths -- The Blue Mountain gunsmiths -- The Tulpehocken gunsmiths -- The Oley Valley gunsmiths -- Below the Schuylkill gunsmiths -- Reading redux: James Schnader, Nelson Delaney, Louis Royet & the end of Berks County gunmaking.

Subjects: Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Rifles - Pennsylvania - Berks County.; Kentucky rifle.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683.422 H814

Drepperd long rifles : a Lancaster legacy

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Author: Drepperd, Albert Wade.

Date of Publication: 2006.

Responsibility: by Albert Wade Drepperd.

Author: Drepperd, Albert Wade.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2006.

Physical Description: p. 28 - 52 : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society, v. 108, no. 1 (Spring 2006).

Subjects: Drebbort family.; Drebbert family.; Drepperd family.; Drepperd, John, - (1815-1896).; Drepperd, Andrew, - (1806-1862.; Drepperd, Henry, - (1807-1849).; Drepperd rifle.; Rifles - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 108, number 1 (2006), p. 28-52Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.108 no.1

Pennsylvania/Kentucky long rifle and its Lebanon County connection

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Author: Manbeck, Beverly J.

Date of Publication: 2003.

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.18, no. 5

Responsibility: by Beverly Manbeck and Bruce R. Reed.

Author: Manbeck, Beverly J.

Place of Publication: Lebanon, Pa

Publisher: Lebanon County Historical Society ,

Date of Publication: 2003.

Physical Description: [1], 28 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects: Kentucky rifle.; Rifles - Lebanon County, Pa.; Lebanon County (Pa.) - History.

Additional Author: Reed, Bruce R.

Additional Corporate Author: Lebanon County Historical Society (Lebanon County, Pa.)

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.819 L441 v.18, no. 5

The Ferree family gunsmiths

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Author: Heisterkamp, Charles III ,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 683 H473

Responsibility: by Charles Heisterkamp, III.

Author: Heisterkamp, Charles III ,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Minuteman Press ,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: 29 p. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Includes index of individuals.

Subjects: Ferree family.; Rifles.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 683 H473

Martin Mylin, gunsmith : fact or fancy?

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Author: Friesen, Steve,

Date of Publication: 1991

two rifles have been attributed to a Martin Mylin.' At this point, when one considers the evidence: I. Daniel Rupp's early history, which was based on old papers and oral histories; the material evidence of the shop as verification of Rupp's history and oral traditions; the 1751 inventory with its

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Responsibility: by Steven K. Friesen.

Author: Friesen, Steve,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1991

Physical Description: [16]-24 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 93, no. 1

Subjects: Mylin, Martin, - 1670-1749.; Mylin family.; Firearms industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Gunsmiths - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 93, number 1 (1991), p. 16-24Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.93

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The Gumpf Family of Lancaster Boro revisited

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Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Date of Publication: 1992.

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Responsibility: by Stacy B.C. Wood, Jr.

Author: Wood, Stacy B. C.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1992.

Physical Description: [80]-96 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 94, no. 3

Subjects: Gumpf Family.; Firearms industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 94, number 3 (1992), p. 80-96Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.94