Birthplace of the Pennsylvania Rifle
Martin Meylin, 1670–1749, gunsmith of Switzerland settled here in the Pequea Valley in 1710 and made in this gun shop the earliest known Pennsylvania or so called Kentucky Rifle.
He was the first of a group of Lancaster County rifle makers who prior to 1745 originated and gave to America that historic and colorful firearm.
Marker is at the intersection of Eshelman Mill Road and Long Rifle Road on Eshelman Mill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
