Climb up from Rapp's Seat by GlassHouse-1 on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Harmony was founded by the pietist Johann Georg Rapp and his Harmony Society in 1804. George Rapp came to America from Württemberg, Germany in 1803 in search of land for his followers that was free from religious persecution they faced in Germany. He was searching for a place for his followers to worship, farm and put into effect Rapp's communal religious teachings. In 1804, two groups of Harmonites purchased a tract of land in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

On a hill in Harmony, situated above Connoquenessing Creek sits a "seat" of stone (actually a rock formation). This seat was used by Rapp to watch over the commune and its members in their daily lives.

This hill is very steep and to get to the actual "seat" you have to follow a narrow, and I do mean narrow, path that goes around the front of a rock outcropping. I was none too happy about this. This pic is actually how you have to climb back up to the trail.