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Did you know? What famous lawyer and politician operated an iron furnace at Caledonia |
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THE ANSWER: Thaddeus Stevens operated an Caledonia Ironworks at the site of Caledonia State Park. Stevens named Caledonia for the area of his birth in Vermont. In 2008, Thaddeus Stevens Ironworks at Caledonia was named a National Park Service Network to Freedom site. |
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MERCERSBURG & COUNTRYSIDE
To visit Mercersburg is to step back in time. As the boyhood home of fifteenth president James Buchanan, Mercersburg offers rich colonial, Underground Railroad, and Civil War history. Settled by James Black, a Scots-Irish immigrant, in 1730, the town was originally called Black’s Town. Take the historic walking tour of downtown, enjoy the wonderful early American architecture, and listen for the lovely 43-bell carillon of the Mercersburg Academy Chapel.
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