sed until 1850.
During the time between 1850-1900, Perry Hall was called
Germantown. This was when German and Irish immigrants settled in Perry
Hall, also when new religions were introduced to the people of Perry Hall.
In 1850, Catholics began to congregate at the Krastel farmhouse, this
represent the start of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church. The year 1852
was the turning point in local history, when Harry Dorsey Gough Carroll,
Harry Dorsey Gough's grandson, sold the Perry Hall estate to Eli Slifer and
William Meredith. They divided the estate between new European
immigrants. In 1858, the dam at "Long Calm" due to flooding and destroys
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