of the American rifle, identifies the French Huguenot as the originators of the arm. "In Shooting and Fishing" in 1897, she says. "The history of Pennsylvania's early settlers has been to some extent written �up. Its German, Swiss, Dutch, Irish, Welsh and French settlers given their respective places

be slit into strips or rods on the "alligator" shears. This illus- tration shows the "Old Mill" built in 1810 on Brandywine Creek, now part of Lukens Steel Co. Courtesy of Lukens Steel Co. and Iron Age magazine ��ury goods. Since the population was predominantly rural and agricultural, much of such

and tile manu- factures developed very early, for in 1724 Martin Mayley requested a grant of land on Conestoga Creek to make these items. 8 At least as early as 1753 there was a brick kiln in the town of Lancaster. 9 The subsequent growth of the brick industry suggests that the area was independent of