Stiegel.11 The first bloomery was that of one Kurtz, oper- ating on Octorara Creek, about 1726. This was followed by Windsor Forge on the Conestoga, erected by William Branson. The second furnace erected in the county, and the third forge were the Martic iron works erected in the 1750's by Thomas and

Pequea Creek. Few hills in the county made the old pioneer motor cars chug so energetically as a climb out of this Hollow, either by the elbow corner to Marticville or up Sand Hill to Centre. The mill and the magnetic iron ore mine nearby helped to make the place known to the outside world, otherwise few

, 1953. In every section of this great county, north, south, east and west, you will find streams of water draining every valley, varying from small creeks to what in western and northern states would be termed rivers, when you consider the Conestoga and Octoraro. There was a time within the last half