"Memories, pressed between the pages of my mind
Memories, sweetened through the ages just like wine
Quiet thoughts come floating down
And settle softly to the ground
Like golden autumn leaves around my feet
I touched them and they burst apart with
sweet memories ..."
~ "Memories"
~ recorded by the great Elvis Presley
~ 1968
Swirling shades of an October sunset float around a beautiful white horse walking at the historic Hopewell Farm.
The farm is part of Hopewell
Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern
Berks County near Elverson, Pennsylvania, an example of an American 19th
century rural “iron plantation.” The buildings include a blast furnace, the
ironmaster’s house and auxiliary structures including a blacksmith’s shop, a
company store and several worker’s houses.
Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird for whom Birdsboro was named. The site’s most prosperous time was during the 1820–1840 period with a brief boom in production during the American Civil War. In the mid-19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
Hopewell Furnace was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird for whom Birdsboro was named. The site’s most prosperous time was during the 1820–1840 period with a brief boom in production during the American Civil War. In the mid-19th century changes in iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
