Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . to and histombstone transcribed in our last chapter, who was thefather of Mrs. Gov. Shulze, and the progenitor of theImmels still found in this community, one of whom fillsthe honorable position of banker at Myerstown. is farming the plantation where these illustriousancestors raised their earlier crops. Next west to Immels is the Spangler home. Thisoriginal homestead is now also divided into two westernmost home is the site of the first dwellings,and those now standing are considerably over a centuryold. The barn cont
Ancient and historic landmarks in the Lebanon Valley . to and histombstone transcribed in our last chapter, who was thefather of Mrs. Gov. Shulze, and the progenitor of theImmels still found in this community, one of whom fillsthe honorable position of banker at Myerstown. is farming the plantation where these illustriousancestors raised their earlier crops. Next west to Immels is the Spangler home. Thisoriginal homestead is now also divided into two westernmost home is the site of the first dwellings,and those now standing are considerably over a centuryold. The barn contains a stone bearing date of 1782,with initials of G. Sp. and B. Sp. This farm isnow owned by Miss Cora Kilmer, while the east half isthe property of Mr. Henry Hauck. A WALK OVER HISTORIC GROUND. 1/3 Next we come to the most historic and wealthyancient homestead of them all. It is the reputed Ley(Lei) homestead and is located at the source of the Tul-pehocken, about two miles west of Myerstown. Herefrom among limestone rocks springs forth the Tulpe-. THE ANCIENT (LEY) HOMESTEAD, MODERNIZED BY MR. SAMUEIv URICH, (present owner). hocken, like Minerva from the head of Jove, a full-grown stream and daughter of the mighty deep. Herethe Indians had reared a village of wigwams and buriedtheir dead, many of whose bones and relics have beendisinterred durinor the making of recent excavations. 174 LANDMARKS IN THE LEBANON VALLEY. Here the wealthy German emigrant Lei pitched histent and took up looo acres of land. In 1769 he, or hisson, built the second house which is still standing, re-modeled and enlarged by its present owner, Mr. SamuelUrich, into one of the most palatial abodes of the even in the days of its erection it was already amansion. It has a lovely site on a hillock fronting thesouth. Its walls, now ivy-covered in part, are of regulardressed limestone, with sandstone trimmings. Twosandstones in its front elevation read as follows : O MENSCHCEDE® ® NCK DER LE
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