, of Windom, Lancaster County, Pa. As we view this beautiful agricultural section today its past has been so. completely obscured that scarcely a trace remains to remind us of the role of historical importance which it has played. Let us then review and if pos- sible picture some of the scenes which

erected 5 The map of Fulton Township, in the County Commissioners' Office, shows 5.4 miles. 6 Pennsylvania—Political, Governmental, Military and Civil. F. A. God- charles, 1933. 7 R. H. Heindel, Pennsylvania History, VI, January, 1939. 8 Thomas D. Cope, Pennsylvania History, October, 1939. �came to be

Clockmaker's Company of London, and advertised this clock extensively �in "Commonwealth Mercury," a newspaper of London, on November 25, 1661. A picture of a Fromanteel clock in appearance is almost an exact counterpart of most of our Lancaster County grandfather clocks, which were first made in this county

old ruins was of such a high order that the superbly hewn blocks of stone have long ago been hauled away to be used again in building the foundations of barns and bridges. The lower part of the historic Martha Furnace is still standing a short distance south of Reidsburg. It is used as a spring house

horseshoes. which often carried many horseshoes to the mile. Whence the name Horse- shoe Pike." Phares E. Will, as the writer remembers him, had a wide and apparently accurate knowledge of the technical lore of northern Lancaster County. His blacksmith shop at Penryn was on the historic Newport road. 3 Henry

considerable business from the county with its shops, which formed a quadrangle in the rear of the main building, and in which the trades of weaver, baker, nailsmith, hatter, chandler, carpenter, butcher, tailor and shoemaker were carried on. The Brethren's House also conducted a wool carding mill on Carter's

and government--1775-1783. Lancaster (Pa.)--History--18th century. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1927 Description: 101-103 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 31, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.31 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal

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

and rifling tools, etc. The half-ton of iron at £28 a ton, must have been bar iron,26 which, though it might have been imported, was probably first obtained at Rutter's Forge (1716), along the Manatawny Creek (now in Berks County), later at Pine, Pool or McCall's Forges (1725) along the same creek