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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21NR_berlin-heights-battlefield_Wellston-OH.html
During the Civil War at this location
the Confederate forces of General Johm
Hunt Morgan fought and defeated
Union forces under the command of
Col. Benjamin P. Runkle. Each side
consisted of approximately 1.500 men
The engagement began at 1:…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21NQ_berlin-crossroads_Wellston-OH.html
As Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan's Confederate raiders left Jackson on Friday, July 17, 1863, they were in good spirits and singing songs. Although they had burned a mill near Berlin Crossroads, a small town located on the Marietta and Cincin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHNL_stockyard_Wellston-OH.html
This area of the furnace complex was known as the stockyard. Here the raw materials were delivered, stockpiled, sorted and graded.
When Buckeye Furnace was operating, this area bustled with activity as teamsters delivered and unloaded their car…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLT_stock-shed_Wellston-OH.html
This building, known as the stock shed, was used primarily as a storage area for charcoal, the fuel used to reduce the raw iron to a molten state.
[Includes historical photo of a stock shed]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHLH_scales_Wellston-OH.html
Teamsters regularly delivered and picked up materials at Buckeye Furnace. The value of raw materials, such as iron ore and limestone, purchased by the furnace, as well as the pig iron to be shipped to buyers, had to be determined by weighing each …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJS_buckeye-furnace_Wellston-OH.html
Buckeye Furnace was the second charcoal-fueled iron furnace to be built along Raccoon Creek. The furnace, constructed in 1851 by Thomas Price, was financed by Newkirk, Daniels and Company under the name of Buckeye Furnace Company. In its early yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHJQ_hanging-rock-region_Wellston-OH.html
Charcoal iron production in Ohio was centered in the Hanging Rock Region, a geographic area extending from Hocking County to the Ohio River and including portions of northern Kentucky. The region encompassed an 1800 square mile area that was rich …