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Black plaque № 20249

Jefferson, TX, United States

Early Site of Bell Factory. From a log blacksmith shop in 1854 grew a bell foundry owned by G. A. Kelly which manufactured cowbells widely used by pioneer ox-team freighters. Later the Kelly plow, one of the first modern plows made in Texas, was manufactured here. #8029

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