[Welcome to Mountain View Simmentals - Raising Top Quality Simmental Cattle in Gettysburg, PA Situated four miles west of Gettysburg on sixty acres of rolling farm land overlooking South Mountain, Mountain View Farm was originally contained within the 43,500 acre Manor of Maske established in the mid-1700�s by William Penn. Lying within eyesight of the Gettysburg battlefield of the American Civil War, the farm was probably occupied by elements of the Confederate Army during the first week of July 1863. In the mid-twentieth century 111 acres of the present and adjoining acreage came into the possession of Roy C. Carbaugh who operated a dairy on the land. In 1999 the Vossler�s purchased the remaining sixty acres of the Carbaugh farm and began preparations for the present day beef cattle operation. The first task was to move and rehabilitate a 110-year-old bank barn and build a new residence. Then new pastures were established and fenced. Finally the first dams of the present purebred Simmental herd were acquired and the cow-calf operation is now in full production. Since inception, Mountain View Farm bred progeny have been sold to beef cattle producers in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, New York and Pennsylvania. ]