Coleman, History of Elizabeth Estate (MSS). 27 Lancaster County Deed Book. A. C. Bining. 28 Early Manufacture and Uses of Iron. H. C. G. 29 Lancaster County Wills. Robert Coleman will, dated March 8, 1822, proved September 3, 1825. A. C. Bining. 30 Stiegel Glass. 31 At Lebanon on the creek of that name

. In twenty- six weeks of 1856, made 756 tons of iron from ore mined back of the tunnel head. Stopped manufacture about 1857. (This furnace is locally called "Heelen" and for the following reason: It was erected on the old McNaughton farm by Robert Barker and Wilson S. Packer, in 1845. The builders

Ephrata, Pa., was one of the earliest and best- known clockmakers of Lancaster County, and his clocks are still prized by many families throughout the eastern part of Pennsylvania. He was born at Germantown, Pa., on August 9, 1728, and was the fifth child of John Gorgas and Psyche or Sophia Rittenhouse

advertised to be run over the course at New Holland, Lancaster county, Pa., for a purse of sixty dollars. The race was to consist of two mile heats3 and repeat; it was open for any horse, mare or gelding; and each horse was required to carry 140 pounds. An entrance fee of three dollars was required, if

weather was cool and cloudy. The event was delightful to everyone and a success in every respect. The chairmen presiding at the rendition of the program were Col. Henry W. Shoemaker, chairman of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission, and Professor Herbert H. Beck, president of the Lancaster County

on Beaver Creek / by Herbert H. Beck. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Shultz, Christian. Shultz's Mill (Lancaster County, Pa.) Flour mills--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Beaver Creek (Lancaster County, Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 97-100

features of Pennsylvania, what is known of its past should be recorded by the Lancaster County Historical Society. Rock Springs, or as they are sometimes called, Seven Springs, are in Fulton Township near the Mason and Dixon line. They are in part of a large though somewhat scattered tract of land in

GRAVEYARD OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS AT LITITZ* By HERBERT H. BECK OR nearly a century the burial place of the 110 Revolutionary soldiers who had been interred in Lititz was a mystery. At least Abraham R. Beck, former archivist of the Lititz Moravian Congregation, who was born in 1833 and who

business activity. Henry Leman took pride in his products, and all of his well- made rifles were stamped "H. E. Leman, Lancaster, Pa." If he was obliged to take orders for cheap, inferior arms, or if any of his standard pieces had flaws, he marked these "Conestoga Rifle Works." This trade title was also