Wilson College Campus View, Chambersburg, PA
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| One of the oldest colleges for women in the U.S. was opened in "Norland," former home of Col. A. K. McClure in 1870. Col. McClure, a newspaper publisher was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Norland was partially destroyed by fire by Confederate Cavalry in 1864 when the town of Chambersburg was burned for refusing to pay a ransom to save the town. |
