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Title: Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Croll, P. C. (Philip Columbus), 1852-1949
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Publisher: Philadelphia : Lutheran Publication Society
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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-button maker of Phila-delphia, who had received, November 10, 1738, by in-denture from the proprietaries, the amount of 1,724acres, at an annual quit rental of one red rose for 10,000acres. On this four-acre tract an Indian fort waserected by Philip Breitenbach, to which the neighbor-ing inhabitants were wont to flee in cases of emergencyduring the war period with the Indians. We are toldthat the great-hearted Breitenbach was wont, onmany occasions of alarm, to take his drum and beat iton an eminence near his house, to collect the neighborsfrom work, into the fort. On one occasion the Indians 152 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. pursued them close to the house, wheu oue of the iu-mates took up a gun and shot the Indian dead on thespot.—Riipps History of Berks and Lebanon Counties.On this eminence of Breitenbach, evidently eastof his home, where we find it as of old, let us take ourstand and view the landscape oer. We are just halfa mile east of Myerstown. Our feet now rest on truly
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THE BREITENBACH INDIAN FORT HOMESTEAD, EAST OF MYERSTOWN. historic ground. Facing the west, before us lies theBreitenbach homestead, on the south of the pike. Theheadstone on barn (second building) bears date of 1802.By it, at the base of the brow of this historic emi- A STROLL ALONG THE TULPEHOCKRN. 153 nencc, flows the Owl Creek, in which, traditionsays, General Washington watered his horse on one ofhis visits to or jonrneys throngh this valley. To theleft, bnt a little over a stones throw from the pike,stands an old stone residence, with arched cellar, seven-teen steps deep, for safe refnge from the savages, whichmay be the Indian fort which Breitenbach bnilt, thonghanother spot near the Owl creek is pointed out as theplace where, until recently, the ruins could be seen.This old relic, still standing, but fast going into decaybecause no longer occupied, is now the property of Mr.Harry Kreitzer, of Philadelphia, who, just a little eastof our observation point, has a comfortable resi

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