, Stiegel named the township for his wife. See the Names of the Townships, by Joseph H. Dubbs, Vol. I, No. 3, Lancaster County Historical Society. F. A. God- charles, in his Pennsylvania History, says the township was named for Queen Elizabeth. 2 The Horseshoe Pike, which was laid out from Downingtown to

The Conestoga Horse By JOHN STROHM (1793-1884) AND HERBERT H. BECK. The Conestoga horse and the Conestoga wagon were evolved in and about that part of southeastern Pennsylvania which, before it was named Lancaster County, was known as Conestoga. The region was named for a river that has its main

and charred, the enduring charcoal remains in the soil. �Tenant house near Elizabeth Furnace mansion. Built about 1757. The Colemans Robert Coleman, a man destined to become the Andrew Carnegie of early Pennsylvania, came to Elizabeth in 1776. He was born November 4th, 1748, at Castle Finn, County

rifles were being made to any extent. Some of these gunsmiths were skilled riflemakers. Further evidence will show that Martin Meylin was one of these. Lancaster County, Birthplace of the Pennsylvania Rifle Rifles had been made in America, in a small way, even prior to 1700, but they were only

features of Pennsylvania, what is known of its past should be recorded by the Lancaster County Historical Society. Rock Springs, or as they are sometimes called, Seven Springs, are in Fulton Township near the Mason and Dixon line. They are in part of a large though somewhat scattered tract of land in