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Title: The German sectarians of Pennsylvania : a critical and legendary history of the Ephrata Cloister and the Dunkers
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919
Subjects: Ephrata Cloister Church of the Brethren Pennsylvania Dutch German Americans Printing
Publisher: Philadelphia : Printed for the author
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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the stone bridge whichspans the picturesque Co-calico and continue up theold turnpike. A few rodsbring us within the bor-ders of the old confine, for-merly known as The Set-tlement of the Solitary (Lager der Einsamen\locally, as the Kloster,and on some old records as Dunkerstown, but properly as Ephrata. The first object to attract attention after crossing thecreek is a large brick grist-mill of modern construction,its massive chimney forming a prominent feature in thelandscape. As the improved methods of milling andgrowing business demanded increased facilities steam-power and new machinery were introduced ; and, to meetfurther demands, it was rebiiilt upon several occasions, imtilit has now lost all its former identity when it was a typicalPennsylvania water-mill. The only thing giving any clueto its antiquity is an old tab-let which was replaced in the JP t^ pi/i r\:r^:fT\ \ .; ;new wall. It bears the legend *;.:.it^i, f :-.QJE^^1;A MDCCLVI (i756)and ^^^- -^^^^^ ----^--^
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The Old Mile-Stone. 9 refers to the original mill erected by the Baumann family.Upon the site of the present mill once stood the secondpaper-mill of the Community. It continued as a paper-mill until about the year 1836, when it was sold to privateparties and turned into a grist-mill. The chief mill-site of the old Community, the original Kloster Miihle, is situated about a mile further downthe creek as it winds its course around Mount Zion. Thehistory of both mills will be fully described in the properplace. Returning to the highway, which is now knowu as theClay and Hinkeltown turnpike, we passthe millers dwelling, a modern brickhouse. Upon the opposite side of theturnpike we have an old mile-stone, setwhen the Horseshoe pike was first lo-cated. It bears the following legend : 29 To T.-59 To P. To the unin-itiated these letters are something of apuzzle, especially when told that theupper characters mean 29 miles toDowningtown ! an incident which has Ancient Mile-Stonk on *^ THE Horse

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