| Marker Number |
6625 |
| Atlas Number |
5073006625 |
| Marker Title |
Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A. |
| Index Entry |
Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A. |
| Address |
CR 2323 |
| City |
Alto |
| County |
Cherokee |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
294305 |
| UTM Northing |
3507235 |
| Subject Codes |
manufacturing; Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
CR 2323, west of FM 752 and near intersection of CR 2324 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
24" x 18" |
| Marker Text |
Made crude kettles, plow tools, on this site in 1864-65. Slaves fled from Louisiana's Red River Campaign battles were the workers. This county had 2 war plants working easily-mined, abundant local ore. Smelting fuel was charcoal made of timber growing nearby. A phase of manufacturing that made Texas "Storehouse of the Confederacy." (1965) |
