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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZH6_basic-ingredients_Fayetteville-PA.html
Before the age of railroads, the basic ingredients of iron production needed to be nearby. That explains why furnaces were built in rural settings surrounded by the necessary raw materials. A source of iron ore was essential. As the furnaces bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZH5_making-iron_Fayetteville-PA.html
The ironmaking process was well-known and cold-blast furnaces built in 18th and 19th century America mimicked designs first used 400 years earlier. A thick stone furnace, shaped like a flat-topped pyramid served as the place of transformation, whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZH4_the-workers-pyramid_Fayetteville-PA.html
It took hundreds of workers to produce iron, although only a few actually worked at the furnace. Fillers dumped carts or ore, charcoal and limestone into the seething tunnel head. The founder, assisted by a keeper, ordered ingredients, determined …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YDJ_cupola-waynesboros-crown-jewel_Waynesboro-PA.html
She inspired, she endured for 52 years, she symbolized the future of education in the Waynesboro area. Waynesboro High School 1937-1954 Waynesboro Area Senior High School 1954-1962 East Junior High School 1962-1989 Superintendent - D.J. Keele…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YCQ_the-battle-of-monterey-pass_Waynesboro-PA.html
The Confederate defenders of Captain George Emack's company of the First Maryland Cavalry, supported by Captain Tanner's artillery detachment, were deployed in this area. As the battle continued past midnight, reinforcements began to arrive. The 4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YCJ_the-battle-of-monterey-pass_Waynesboro-PA.html
The 1st West Virginia Cavalry arrived and were ordered to charge the Confederate cannon on this side of the bridge. Seeing the West Virginians in their front, Confederate Captain William Tanner ordered the cannon to fire its last two shots before …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YC3_the-retreat-from-gettysburg_Waynesboro-PA.html
On July 5, Confederate General James Longstreet's Corps marched from Fairfield, along the Jack's Mountain Road to Fountaindale. From there, Longstreet's Corps marched to Monterey Pass, along the Emmitsburg and Waynesboro Turnpike. General John B. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YC2_the-battle-of-monterey-pass_Waynesboro-PA.html
Union General George A. Custer's cavalry brigade advanced here, along the banks of red run, deploying along both sides of the road. The 5th Michigan Cavalry deployed to the right, while the 7th, 6th and portions of the 1st Michigan Cavalry deploye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YC1_the-battle-of-monterey-pass_Waynesboro-PA.html
General Kilpatrick, quartered at the Monterey Inn, ordered artillery to support Custer's troopers. Near the present-day golf course, Captain Alexander Pennington deployed two rifled cannon and began to shell the Confederate battle line with case s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YB6_the-battle-of-monterey-pass_Blue-Ridge-Summit-PA.html
At this location, Confederate Captain Robert Tanner deployed one Napoleon cannon to guard the eastern Summit of South Mountain. At 9:00 p.m., the 5th Michigan Cavalry, leading the advance of union General Judson Kilpatrick's Cavalry Division, w…
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