Details for New Birmingham
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5073006774
Data
| Marker Number | 6774 |
| Atlas Number | 5073006774 |
| Marker Title | New Birmingham |
| Index Entry | New Birmingham |
| Address | |
| City | Rusk |
| County | Cherokee |
| UTM Zone | |
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| Subject Codes | irons and steel |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 1 mile southeast of Rusk on US 69 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | P |
| Marker Text | Born during iron rush of 1880s. Population about 3000. Had 2 iron furnaces, "The Tassie Bell" and "The Star and Cresent," 15 brick business blocks included banks, ice plant, electric plant, pipe foundry, school and palacial southern hotel where Jay Gould and Grover Cleveland were guests. Street railway connected with Rusk. Became ghost town in 1890s due to financial troubles of iron companies. |