Battle of New Orleans
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Munitions produced at Bourbon Iron Works were used by the U.S. forces at the Battle of New Orleans, pictured here. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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Bourbon Iron Works
Historical Marker #993 in Bath County notes the history of the Bourbon Iron Works, which was built by Jacob Myers in 1791.
Myers moved from Virginia to what would become Kentucky in the early 1780s. Upon his arrival, he purchased thousands of…