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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EJH_fayette-campus_Lemont-Furnace-PA.html
In 1964 Fayette County leaders headed by Orville and Robert Eberly approached Penn State about opening a local campus and began a campaign to raise funds to support the project. University trustee J. Lewis Williams also backed the effort and a tem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JE_connellsville-coke-region_Lemont-Furnace-PA.html
Located in Fayette and Westmoreland Counties, the region's abundant high quality Pittsburgh vein coal yielded superior coke, used to smelt iron. This refined form of coal was produced in beehive ovens from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. Immigr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14JA_meason-house_Lemont-Furnace-PA.html
The Georgian manor on the hill was built 1802 by Isaac Meason. Veteran of the Revolution, Meason was a pioneer ironmaster. In 1817 at Plumsock he built one of the first rolling mills.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14J8_gists-plantation_Lemont-Furnace-PA.html
Christopher Gist, the Ohio Company surveyor who went to Fort LeBoeuf with Washington, settled here in 1753. In 1754, Washington halted his campaign here and retreated to Fort Necessity. Pursuing French destroyed the plantation.