throughout the grounds, therefore represents an opportunity for research into the colonial period in Lancaster County. Buildings which were once part of the Elizabeth Furnace Plantation village, and which appear on historic maps of the property but are no longer standing today, include at least eleven tenant

part �5 Figure 1 for the great debate surround the authenticy of the claims about Martin Mylin (I) as a gun maker and father of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle (Groff, 1971; 70). Martin Mylin of Lancaster County is considered the inventor of the Pennsylvania Long Rifle, which later became known as the