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Curtin Workers Village Melissa Hombosky

Curtin Mansion marks 50 years of tours

When Eagle Iron Works stopped producing pig iron in 1921, it had been the longest-operating cold-blast charcoal ironworks in Pennsylvania. During its 112-year run, which included one year of work after smelting ceased, the works smelted and forged iron throughout a period of massive change in Centre County and the United States, surviving long after the iron and steel industries had evolved.

Lincoln Caverns

CELEBRATE CAVE WEEK, Now until June 8, 2024

Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks is joining cave enthusiasts from around the world to celebrate the International Day of Caves and the Subterranean World and National Week of Caves and Karst.

Centre Furnace Mansion

Step Back In Time At These Five Museums In Happy Valley

Travelers can explore museums and historical sites in Happy Valley that showcase Happy Valley's rich history. The Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, and Iroquois tribes made their life off the land by planting crops in the fertile valleys and hunting game among the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Explorers and settlers arrived in the mid-18th century, and industry would soon follow a couple of decades later with the discovery of iron ore.

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