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First President of theMifflin County Medical Society
Birthplace ofJoseph Trimble Rothrock, M.D.1839 - 1922Physician - ConservationistThe Father of Forestry in Pennsyvania
This tablet erected April 9, 1956
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In honor of the citizensof this community who servedin the Armed Servicesof the United States
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Born in McVeytownHe was the Father of Forestyin Pennsylvania
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Along the streams of this region are ruins of many charcoal iron furnaces and forges built between 1790-1850. Juniata iron was the best in America. Its reign ended with the rise of coal and coke iron making.
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Born here April 9, 1839. Conservationist and father of the State Forest idea in Pennsylvania. Pioneer in development of forest fire control, reforestation, and scientific forestry.