On Old Clinton Road, 0.1 miles south of Kiceniuk Road, on the right when traveling south.
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
On North Church Road (County Route 631) just east of Davis Road, on the right when traveling east.
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
On Franklin Ave. (County Route 631) at Hospital Road, on the left when traveling north on Franklin Ave..
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
On Washington Ave. at School Plaza, on the left when traveling east on Washington Ave..
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
