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  • ... ow.

    January 27, 2009

  • Named for John Ball, an English native who emigrated to the United States in 1793. He settled in Sullivan County, PA, where he built a sawmill. After his death, his son, William, took over the business, which he moved west in 1818 to an area he founded as Balls Mills.

    So not to worry, c_b. :-)

    January 27, 2009

  • Is it anywhere near Bube's (hee hee) Brewery?

    January 28, 2009

  • No. That's in Mount Joy, silly.

    January 28, 2009

  • I have always imagined it as being close to the Bushmills distillery.

    January 28, 2009