Cooper Shop

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This file appears in: Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill
Cooper Shop

The Cooper’s Shop at Pleasant Hill is shown in this photograph. Here skilled craftsmen built barrels, kegs, and buckets of many styles. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #1481 in Mercer County recognizes the Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. The Society of Believers, more commonly known as the Shakers, immigrated to America from England in 1774 to avoid religious persecution. By the early…