A History of Brewing in Lancaster County, Legal and Otherwise Charles O. Lynch and ]ohn Ward Willson Loose PREFACE Leaning against the doorway of his brewery for a moment of relaxation after carrying many pails of water from the nearby spring, Henry Dering let the cold, clear water of the stream

., \ 5) rIlon„ •. , It ki„lfah„ '.. fir ld West Hempfield Township West Hempfield Township was carved from the original Hempfield Township in 1818. A long high ridge of quartzite and quartz slates crosses the township from a tremendous rock arch called Chiques Rock, near the mouth of Big Chiquesalunga