2 BOOK of BONAWITZ and BONEWITZ Part 1
The Bonawitz and Wenrich tracts are shown here on an old topo-
graphic map. Furnace Creek flows through "both to Big Spring where it
becomes Spring Creek. Adam's son Jacob sold the last of the Bonawitz
tract to George Ege in 1795. Ege built the Reading Furnace on the
lower end of the Bonawitz tract in 1794 and used Furnace Greek to
generate the needed water power. Trees from the surrounding hills
were cut and made into charcoal. In 1830 228 men and 198 horses were
employed in the operation, making 3568 tons of pig metal and 95 tons
of castings. The Robesonia Iron Company was incorporated in 1885 and
operated there. Today it is mostly farm land. It appears that Furnace
Greek was once known as Spring Creek.
