. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. JACOB sTa:ix dislillpi- and farmer, was born in 17!>1 in Greenwiclitownshin. Itei-ks county. Ia. He owned over 500 acresof land, which he divided into five farn^s. and bnil1snbstantial farm buildings. He also f. uilt a school-home for the township, near hi^ home. In 1830 he built the original Steins liislillrry. Heis known as the Pioneer of Steins Pure Ni/e years later he built Steins Tavern, nowknown as the Three-Mile House. lie died in May,1872, a
. The centennial history of Kutztown, Pennsylvania : celebrating the centennial of the incorporation of the borough, 1815-1915. JACOB sTa:ix dislillpi- and farmer, was born in 17!>1 in Greenwiclitownshin. Itei-ks county. Ia. He owned over 500 acresof land, which he divided into five farn^s. and bnil1snbstantial farm buildings. He also f. uilt a school-home for the township, near hi^ home. In 1830 he built the original Steins liislillrry. Heis known as the Pioneer of Steins Pure Ni/e years later he built Steins Tavern, nowknown as the Three-Mile House. lie died in May,1872, and is buried in (lrim.^vil]e cemetery. ADAM STEIX distiller and farmer, was born in Greenwich township,Berks Co., Dec. 18, 1819. In 1S46 he bought theStein home.^tead from his father. Jacob Stein, consisting-of a 200-acre farm and the well known Ktehi s Distill-erti. When the Keystone State Normal School was ori-i;ina1ed in 1866, he gave liberal encmirayement andsupport. He wa-; elect) d one of the first trustees ofthe inslitution and continued to fill the position until1877. In 1861 he was elected county commissione
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