GRANDFATHERS' CLOCKS: THEIR MAKING AND THEIR MAKERS IN LANCASTER COUNTY, Whilst Lancaster county is not the first or only home of the so-called "Grandfathers' Clock," yet the extent and the excellence of the clock industry in this type of clocks entitle our county to claim special distinction as

mine have already sounded the fame of the great men of this section. It does not seem to be generally known, yet it is a well-established fact, that in Little Britain township the first land within Lancaster county limits was surveyed and granted under legal and governmental regu- lations. This tract

win its freedom and dedicate it forever to liberty. The County of Lancaster, as is well known, was set- tled in the main by three distinct classes of people. The great bulk of our population was the German and Dutch elements, who came in at differ- ent periods and under different lead- erships, but