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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7Z_thomas-rutter_Boyertown-PA.html
Pioneer ironmaster and opponent of slavery who died 1730. Built Pennsylvania's first ironworks nearby, 1716. In ensuing decade he erected Pine Forge and built this mansion; in 19th century it was an Underground Railroad stop. Academy was founded h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7Y_colebrookdale-furnace_Boyertown-PA.html
Established on Iron Stone Creek, one half mile to the east, by James Lewis, Anthony Morris, Thomas Potts, and Thomas Rutter. Called after Colebrookdale Furnace in England, it is considered the first blast furnace to be erected in Pennsylvania, c. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7X_carl-a-spaatz_Boyertown-PA.html
Aviation pioneer Spaatz was a 1914 graduate of West Point and a pilot in France in World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general in 1940 and general in 1945. During World War II he commanded the US 8th Air Force and the US Strategic Air Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7W_jeremiah-sweinhart-and-successors_Boyertown-PA.html
The evolution of the business located here mirrors America's changing transportation scene. In the factory begun by Mr. Sweinhart in 1872, horse-drawn carriages, farm and delivery vehicles, and sleighs were built. After 1914, bus and truck bodies,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L7V_boyertown-burial-casket-company_Boyertown-PA.html
Established here in 1893 by C.A. Mory and Associates, it was among the largest casket manufacturers in the world and earliest traded on the N.Y. and Phila. stock exchanges. The company secured numerous patents for innovative improvements and desig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXAK_rhoads-opera-house-fire_Boyertown-PA.html
A disastrous fire destroyed the theater that stood at Philadelphia Ave. & Washington St. On Jan. 13 1908. It claimed 170 Victims, many buried here, due to overcrowding, poorly designed and unmarked exits, and inadequate fire escapes. The tragedy p…