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- Why a Fincastle-based group wants a new marker at Catawba Furnace
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• Preservation effort seeks historical marker for Catawba Furnace (fincastleherald.com) — A local preservation group is raising funds from a Fincastle mailing address to secure a state historical marker for Catawba Furnace, a key Civil War–era iron site in Botetourt County. The article traces the furnace’s industrial past, its ties to Fincastle-born ironmaster Joseph R. Anderson, and how author Rachel Nicole Edwards helped spark renewed interest through her recent novel. 
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