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Old Wheatfield mill and furnace led pioneers' industry in East Wheatfield
The article recalls Wheatfield Township in Indiana County, its split into East and West Wheatfield in 1830, and the early settlers led by George Findley. It details the Findley mill on Laurel Run, its stone burrs still used, and the 1837 Baker furnace later rebuilt as Cramer. It notes woolen mills, blankets, and a mining and quarry boom with coal, blue rock, sand stone, and a new Cramer coal and coke venture, plus railroad siding and local mills declining yet enduring in memory.
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Wheatfield
Indiana County
Purchase
Wheatfield Township
Wheatfields
East Wheatfield Township
Conemaugh
George Findley
Cramer
Laurel Run
Laurel Hills
Findley
Drouth
Burr
George Shoup
J. B. Fornwalt
Elias Baker
James Findley
George
Joseph Cramer
Archie Matthews
Martha Rodgers
Enoch James
Pittsburg
Cramer Coal and Coke Company
Joseph Cramer & Sona
John ‘Thomas