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Half a mile east of here, from 1794 to 1797, Albert Gallatin founded the first glass factory west of the Alleghenies. Gallatin, who later served as Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson, was aided by skillful glassworkers from the Amelung factory: Kramer, Gabler, Eberhart, Reppert, and Reitz. The factory closed in 1807.
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