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New Geneva:
1796 -- Along with a notable political career, Gallatin used western Pennsylvania to build a promising industrial complex. He purchased 650 acres of property at Wilson's Port and Georgetown, located at the mouth of George's Creek, just a mile down the Monongahela River from Friendship Hill. Renaming it New Geneva in honor of his birthplace, the town became a thriving community, with its primary business being a glassworks which will be built in 1797-1798. |