Pennsylvania Rifle

Pennsylvania Rifle is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lancaster County, dedicated 1947.

Lancaster County · dedicated 1947 · Marietta Pike (PA 23), at Little Conestoga Creek, near Oakwood Ln., west end of Lancaster

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Misnamed Kentucky Rifle, this famous weapon of the frontier was developed in the 1700's at Lancaster, which was the center for its manufacture.

2.1 miles from where Hans Groff lived in the 1690s

what this marker records dates to 1700, inside Hans Groff's years here

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

Pennsylvania Rifle

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