IN APRIL 1834, ROLAND CURTIN joined a dozen other
Centre County businessmen-including fellow
ironmasters James Irvin, Joseph Miles, William
Thomas, and Bond Valentine-in organizing the
Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Company
(BE&SCN). . . . — — Map (db m275276) HM
1764 Future Eagle Iron Works founder and Curtin Mansion
builder Roland Curtin is born in Dysert, County Clare, Ireland,
first of Austin and Mary (O'Loghlin) Curtin's nine children.
1795 After studying briefly for the . . . — — Map (db m275190) HM
KEY DATES AND DEVELOPMENTS
1810 Roland Curtin and business partner Moses Boggs
establish Eagle Forge on a seven-acre tract acquired from
miller Philip Antes; for the next eight years, Eagle Forge
refines pig iron obtained from . . . — — Map (db m275231) HM
1810 Irish immigrant Roland Curtin Sr. and Cumberland
County native Moses Boggs establish Eagle Forge (iron refinery)
near Philip Antes' grist-and-lumber mills 1,000 feet northwest
of this spot, on the south side of Bald Eagle . . . — — Map (db m275201) HM
When Roland Curtin acquired the 57-acre Antes mill tract adjoining the west and south sides of his Eagle Forge property in 1825, the tract included an old log "Grist+Saw Mill," a dam and mill pond with raceways, the Antes residence, and a few log . . . — — Map (db m275220) HM
