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 June 26, 1863
erected by the
Pennsylvania Alpine Club
in conjunction with the
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
1927
Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) and State Route 233, on the right when traveling west on Lincoln Highway.
Courtesy hmdb.org
