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Shenandoah Bloomery
1742
First iron furnace in West Virginia was established by Thomas Mayberry at Bloomery near present Harpers Ferry; the Quaker William Vestal erected Vestal's Bloomery near the Shenandoah River in present Jefferson County; iron industry develops
1760
The Shenandoah Bloomery property passed to the Fairfax family View Articles by Existing Key Dates or Specify Your Own Date Range |
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