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Barree Iron-Works, Huntingon County, PA, circa 1883.
Credit: Africa, J. Simpson, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts, 1883.
In 1813, future Pennsylvania governor David R. Porter moved to Huntingdon, PA, where he studied law, and then became a clerk at Barree Forge, one of the county's earliest iron operations.