in the mass of material in the Lititz Moravian Archives a map indistinctly showing the site had been overlooked. On John Rickert's map of Lititz, 1843, the words "Graveyard of the Revolution" are almost illegible. Rickert showed the place to be about 500 yards directly east of the older portion of

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

AUGUSTINE HERRMAN, LANCASTER COUNTY'S FIRST MAP MAKER By HERBERT H. BECK A UGUSTINE HERRMAN was one of the leading figures of the lower Susquehanna Valley in the seventeenth century. He was the first man to chart this part of Eastern North America. He named Cecil County, Maryland, which adjoins

the powder, particularly in wet weather. If the powder, which was poured into the priming pan of the flintlock, became moist, the gun would not go off at the * David F. Magee in his pa per "The So-Called 'Kentucky Rifle' as made in Lancaster County," (Vol. XXX, p. 58), lists 94 gunsmiths who were

desiring to become an Inhabitant in the new Town or village called Lititz situate in the Township of War- wick in the County of Lancaster in the Province of Pennsylvania, must agree strictly to observe & adhere to, viz : 1. Forasmuch as the fundamental Plan & original Design of building the Congregation

not until 1753, rights were granted for Harris's Ferry. That Wright's Ferry was the first important crossing point of the Sus- quehanna, is an established historical fact. We, of Lancaster county, recognize John Wright as a leading figure in the county's history. He was a fitting, resourceful pioneer