A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania
A Country Storekeeper in Pennsylvania

Author: Diane E. Wenger

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0271047690

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"Examines the role that country storekeeper Samuel Rex of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, played in the society and economy of the mid-Atlantic region from 1790 to 1807. Studies consumption patterns of one typical Pennsylvania-German community"--Provided by publisher.

Schaefferstown and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County
Schaefferstown and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County

Author: Diane Wenger

Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions

Published: 2014-02-10

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9781531672607

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Rural and charming, Schafferstown and surrounding Heidelberg Township in Lebanon County have preserved many of their earliest historic qualities. German immigrant Alexander Schaeffer laid out the village with a central square and built a water system around 1758 using underground wooden pipes to connect a spring-fed reservoir to two troughs on Market Street and the town square. It is one of the oldest public waterworks in the United States. Because the area was left isolated from rail lines, canals, and modern highways, the town did not grow appreciably in the 19th or 20th centuries. This greatly influenced the small-town look and feel that the area maintains today. Schafferstown retains many early log, stone, and even a few half-timbered houses as well as the original town layout. Today, it is the largest village in Heidelberg Township, which also includes Kleinfeltersville, Reistville, and Buffalo Springs.

Yearbook
Yearbook

Author: Pennsylvania Society of New York

Publisher:

Published: 1902

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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Schaefferstown and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County
Schaefferstown and Heidelberg Township, Lebanon County

Author: Diane Wenger and Jan Taylor

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467120847

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Rural and charming, Schafferstown and surrounding Heidelberg Township in Lebanon County have preserved many of their earliest historic qualities. German immigrant Alexander Schaeffer laid out the village with a central square and built a water system around 1758 using underground wooden pipes to connect a spring-fed reservoir to two troughs on Market Street and the town square. It is one of the oldest public waterworks in the United States. Because the area was left isolated from rail lines, canals, and modern highways, the town did not grow appreciably in the 19th or 20th centuries. This greatly influenced the small-town look and feel that the area maintains today. Schafferstown retains many early log, stone, and even a few half-timbered houses as well as the original town layout. Today, it is the largest village in Heidelberg Township, which also includes Kleinfeltersville, Reistville, and Buffalo Springs.