Rusk, TX, United States
Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A.. 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." #6625
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