The Backwoodsman and The Kentucky Rifle By BERTHA COCHRAN LANDIS W HILE much has been Written on the Kentucky rifle few people know that it Was made in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or within a ten-mile radius. The first rifles were made soon after the arrival of the Swiss and German settlers in the

of these duties were discharged while a resident of Lancaster. Again in 1779 we see him by the side of General Joseph Reed riding into the mob at Third and Market Streets, Phila- delphia, in an effort to quell the riot at the Wilson house. Again he wrote numerous articles for the newspapers on topics

, through an agent in Phila- delphia in 1764, was imported from London. It was small and BUTTON SUCTION ENGINE OF THE UNION FIRE COMPANY No. 1, PURCHASED IN 1857 crude in its construction, but it did good service. The supply of water came from the public pumps and wells, and was carried by the members in

of Rheems, Pa. BERG (Barrick), Jacob: b. Dec. 10, 1739; d. Jan. 7, 1811. Wife: Catharine: . b. Nov. 30, 1742; d. Nov. 22, 1820. Pvt. 4th Class, in Capt. James Cook's Company of the 4th Batt., L. C. M., May 6, 1784; commanded by Col. Jacob Cook and Major Scott. Pa. Arch., S6 3 493-4. Buried in

circulated paper. "Amos Gilbert, Alexander H. Hood, Benjamin Herr and Henry Spiehlman, met one evening in the early part of the winter 1830-31, at the store of George Hoffman, Esq., in Strasburg, Lancaster county. The conversation turning upon the qualifications of teachers, the mode in which the children of

Churchyard, Lancaster, Pa. BROWN, John: b. 1796; d. 1833. Pvt. in Capt. John Robinson's Co., 5th Batt., 1st Brig., Pa. Militia. Ellis and Evans' Hist. of Lancaster Co., Pa., p. 79. Buried in the Union Presbyterian Churchyard, Colerain Twp., Lancas- ter Co. BRUNNER, Casper, Sr.: b. 1766; d. Sept. 24, 1832