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John Gibson, "History of York County, Pennsylvania: from the earliest period to the present time", Chicago: F.A. Battery Publishing Co., 1886, pp 19, 632, 634.

"Thomas Hall, John McFesson, Joseph Bennet, John Rankin and Ellis Lewis were the first persons to visit this section of the county; and having selected the valley in which the borough of Lewisberry is situated, they gave it the name of the 'Red Lands,' from the color of the soil, and 'red rock,' on which it is based."
"The founder of the town, a son of Ellis Lewis, was born in 1750, in this valley. He learned the printing business and, in 1791, started the Harrisburg Advevther which was the first newspaper published in the capital city."


 "The first important article of manufacture in this vicinity was the flint lock gun, for the making of which the town became famous. The business was begun as early as 1760, and many were made here during the Revolution, for the army, by order of the Committee of Safety of York County. There were a number of gun barrel factories along Bennett's Run"
"Amos Clark, many years ago, manufactured large eight-day clocks. The artistic decoration on many of them was done by Miss Pamela Lewis, an amateur artist and teacher."
"Indian relics can still be found. The writer himself searched for them and found some beautifully formed arrow heads on the farm of Rankin Potts; as many as 200 were found in one cluster. Originally they were slightly covered by the loose earth, a few protruded which led to the precious discovery. For nearly 200 years they were thus concealed, being placed in that position by the sagacioushand of the wily red man, whose skillful archery applied them to war and the chase. Four miles southwest of Lewisberry, on theConewago, is a small spot called the "Indian Island," on which the oldest citizens of the vicinity distinctly remember a number of plainly marked Indian graves. Parts of skeletons were found, which physicians identified as Indian. Tradition has it they were in a sitting posture, as was the Indian custom, with the implements of the chase placed in the grave."
E.N.

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