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Join the MWHS for Lost Legacy: Slave Labor at Catoctin Furnace
Speaker: Archeologist Elizabeth Comer
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019, 7:30 at the Myersville, Maryland Town Hall
Free admission
Refreshments will be served following the presentation
Sponsored by the Myersville-Wolfsville Area Historical Society
Nearly four decades ago, a highway expansion project resulted in the excavation of thirty-five unmarked graves in Catoctin Furnace, a village near Thurmont, Maryland. Initial analysis identified the remains as Africans or African Americans associated with the late 18th- and early 19th-century operation of the Catoctin Furnace ironworks. Additional research has enabled us to learn about the life histories of these individuals and their involvement in furnace operations. Our speaker, archeologist Elizabeth Comer, will bring to life the history of the Catoctin Furnace and the long-lost stories of these laborers and their families.
Speaker: Archeologist Elizabeth Comer
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019, 7:30 at the Myersville, Maryland Town Hall
Free admission
Refreshments will be served following the presentation
Sponsored by the Myersville-Wolfsville Area Historical Society
Nearly four decades ago, a highway expansion project resulted in the excavation of thirty-five unmarked graves in Catoctin Furnace, a village near Thurmont, Maryland. Initial analysis identified the remains as Africans or African Americans associated with the late 18th- and early 19th-century operation of the Catoctin Furnace ironworks. Additional research has enabled us to learn about the life histories of these individuals and their involvement in furnace operations. Our speaker, archeologist Elizabeth Comer, will bring to life the history of the Catoctin Furnace and the long-lost stories of these laborers and their families.
