Habersham Iron Works & Mfg. Co.-GHM 068-5-Habersham Co
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N 34° 35.415 W 083° 33.637
17S E 265152 N 3830585
At the mill on Habersham Mill Rd southwest of Clarkesville
Waymark Code: WM76MC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2009
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On the site of the Habersham Cotton Mills stood the Habersham Iron Works and Manufacturing Co., incorporated in late 1837 when this section of the state was Indian country Jarvis Van Buren, a cousin of President Martin Van Buren and a pioneer eastern railroad man, arrived in 1838 to operate the plant for its stockholders who included John C. Calhoun. In a region far from railroads necessary machines and supplies must have come by mule or ox wagon from Augusta. The iron mill operated for a few years, closed and reopened during the War Between the States when guns and cannon were urgently needed for the Confederacy.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 068-5
Date: 1955
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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