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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGPL_daniel-boone-homestead_Birdsboro-PA.html
Here on Nov. 2, 1734,Daniel Boone was bornand lived until 1750.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXJ_headraces_Elverson-PA.html
Ahead of you is a large wooden trough called a flume, part of the west headrace. Water from surrounding Hopewell land flowed down this flume and spilled into buckets on the water wheel, providing a reliable source of water to power the blast machi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWI_ironmasters-garden_Elverson-PA.html
An elaborate arrangement of flowers, herbs, and fruits once decorated these terraces. Violets, poppies, roses, daffodils, and hollyhocks were formally arranged in the ironmaster's garden. Rosemay and thyme scented the air as Hopewell's gardener bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFWA_cooling-shed_Elverson-PA.html
Teamsters drove wagonloads of hot, newly made charcoal to this cooling shed. Paid by the load delivered, workers dumped charcoal here by removing wagon floorboards. Once charcoal cooled, it was moved and piled in the stone storage house in front o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFW8_charcoal-pit_Elverson-PA.html
Throughout surrounding hills are remains of hundreds of pits such as this one in front of you. Workers, or colliers, tended these pits to transform wood into charcoal — a pure carbon fuel. Colliers ignited stacked wood covered with leaves…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTD_charcoal-kilns_Elverson-PA.html
In the mid-1800s, brick ovens or kilns were built here in an attempt to modernize the charcoal-making process. Believed to be economically beneficial, these kilns fired and produced charcoal but proved unsuccessful. Today the only indication of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTC_anthracite-furnace_Elverson-PA.html
In 1853, the Hopewell partners built a hot-blast anthracite furnace here. This new furnace did not burn charcoal but used anthracite coal to smelt iron — an attempt to reduce fuel costs and increase iron production. Hopewell's anthracite …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFR7_hopewell-village_Birdsboro-PA.html
Hopewell Forge, 1744, and Furnace, 1770, were seven miles south. The furnace and the remains of an iron making community of the era are administered by the National Park Service, with recreation areas.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQZ_daniel-boone_Birdsboro-PA.html
Greatest American pioneer and wilderness scout. Born Nov. 2, 1734. Spent the first 16 years of his life on the Boone Homestead a few miles north. Now a State historical shrine dedicated to American youth.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFQQ_birdsboro_Birdsboro-PA.html
Named forWilliam BirdFirst SettlerFounded 1740
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