which was eventually finished in 1835 (at a cost of $1,226,070) 26 according to his plans, was the result of a political call from the North while he was superintending that work. The call which took him from the Mississippi-Lake Pontchar- train Canal came from General John H. Eaton, Secretary of War

, between 1729 and 1813, was Lan- caster County. In Lancaster County these hills, from the days of the iron- masters there, are called the Furnace Hills. At the county seat of Lebanon County they are called the South Mountain. Viewed from Brickerville, Cannon Hill, immediately to the north, appears as a

penned with the view of exploding that idea, and at the same time to rescue the history of that celebrated animal from that oblivion to which modern inventions and recent innovations are rapidly consigning it. The name of "Conestoga" is derived from a river (to which the abor- iginal inhabitants had

, widely used at other furnaces of the period. John B. stands for John Barr, a partner who sold his interests at Elizabeth to Alexander Stedman in 1759. Other five plate stoves were marked, "Heinrich Wilhelm Sti 1758," "J. B. in Compagni vor Eliza H. W. Helm Stigehels" and "Stigel und K. 1765". There is a

just one hundred years afterward. They were advertised to run a week or a month at one winding, and claimed to be the only accurate clock of that day, according to Fromanteel's advertisement. The writer has re- cently seen such a clock running and all in good shape, in possession of John B. Oberholtzer

in the mass of material in the Lititz Moravian Archives a map indistinctly showing the site had been overlooked. On John Rickert's map of Lititz, 1843, the words "Graveyard of the Revolution" are almost illegible. Rickert showed the place to be about 500 yards directly east of the older portion of

making." He urged that a bronze statue of a colonial pioneer, carrying a rifle be placed along the Lincoln Highway immediately east of Lancaster to commemorate this fact. �importance in helping to build the new nation.* But none of these historically famous gunsmiths had a range of recognition to equal

I. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF RURAL FIELD SPORTS IN LANCASTER COUNTY By Herbert H. Beck A consideration of the purposes and value of history requires that the historian be properly qualified as a witness before the bar of posterity. In cases such as the one at hand this qualification should reach the

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

dirty little village and not worth mentioning." May 22. "At Lancaster—where we have an excellent tavern. On our arrival were delivered to a Mr. Henry [William], who has charge of us in the absence of a Mr. Atlee [William]—our Com- missary. To Mr. Henry we were obliged to sign a parole—the limits only