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Barrett Onion, acquired the property. Onion engaged Isaiah Linton of Bucks County, Pennsylvania to come to Jerusalem to construct a merchant grist mill and to improve a nearby ironworks and several other mills. Linton was joined by his family and partner David Lee. He eventually built eight water-powered mills along the Little Gunpowder. The fourth mill, Jerusalem Mill, was completed in 1772 and is now the centerpiece of the living history village.
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funded almost entirely by donations, sponsorships, memberships, events and countless volunteer hours. Events include a living history program, concerts by the falls, jousting tournaments, vintage baseball, First
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The 318-acre (129 ha) tract of land called
Jerusalem was patented to Nicholas Hampstead and John Walley in 1687. By 1743, the tract had been acquired by an ironmaster, Stephen Onion, and had been enlarged to 368 acres (149 ha) with several buildings. When Onion died in 1750, his nephew,
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village into the early 20th century. Evidence suggests that David Lee and several of his Quaker neighbors carved black walnut stocks and assembled rifles for the
Continental army in the gunshop that stands behind the gristmill. During the Civil War, on July 11, 1864, Confederate Army Major
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