In 1729, Joseph King Sr. bought this property, built this "good stone dwelling-house", and a grist/saw mill. Joseph King Jr. owned them until 1768. The mill operated until c.1895 but was dismantled by 1930. — — Map (db m143357) HM
Dr. Samuel Fowler, born in Newburgh, NY, and came first to Hamburg after medical studies in Philadelphia. He established mills, a blacksmith shop, tannery, and a furnace to process ores from mines owned in Franklin Furnace. He became a noted and . . . — — Map (db m26449) HM
Franklin Furnace began before the Revolutionary War making iron from ore mined near Franklin Pond. An iron furnace was here from about 1765-1895. It began as a water-powered charcoal forge along the Wallkill River. This site housed a coal fired . . . — — Map (db m167185) HM
Franklin has held valuable minerals for over 1 billion years. Mining of iron began in the 1760s and the first school was a log structure near the Baptist Church, replaced by a brick school in 1871 when iron production increased and railroads . . . — — Map (db m167184) HM
