Historical Marker
Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A.
Historical marker location:
CR 2323, Alto, Texas
( CR 2323, west of FM 752 and near intersection of CR 2324)
Marker installed: 1965
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).