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Caledonia Furnace
Erected 1837 by
Thaddeus Stevens
the great commoner
father of the Pennsylvania common school system
the first to advocate education
for the mountaineer children
early exponent of anti-slavery
born April 4, 1792 died August 11, 1868
the entire works destroyed by the Confederate
troops under General Jubal A Early
Tuesday ...
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Caledonia Furnace
Erected in 1837 by Thaddeus Stevens and James D. Paxton. Stevens' antislavery stand led to its destruction by Gen. Jubal Early, June 26, 1863, on his way to York during the early Gettysburg campaign.
Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln ...
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