Pennsylvania Furnace Community Cemetery Traditional Cache
Northstar and Gemini: We are letting some of the Kentucky geocaches that are off the beaten path go due to distance from our home and only a few geocachers visiting. This is one of them. It is a great historical area. We will leave it up for viewing for historical purposes.
Pennsylvania Furnace Community Cemetery
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Kentucky has a long history of iron production. The eastern portion of the state was part of the original colonies, and portions of the state encompassed the Hanging Rock Iron Region.
The Pennsylvania Furnace stood 31/4 miles west of Kentucky Route #1 on Culp Road. Built in 1845 by George and Samuel Wurts, the hot blast furnace was later owned by Eastern Kentucky R. R. which shipped its production to Ohio River. Operated until 1881, the Pennsylvania Furnace produced 2213 tons of iron in 1873. Its stone stack was 38 ft. high with a maximum diameter inside of 101/4 ft., using charcoal for fuel. Kentucky - A major producer of iron since 1791, ranked 3rd in the US in the 1830s and 11th in 1965. Charcoal timber, native ore and limestone supplied material for numerous furnaces making pig iron, utensils and munitions in the Hanging Rock Region. The old charcoal furnace era ended by depletion of ore and timber and the growth of railroads.
The Pennsylvania Furnace Historical Marker stands at the intersection of Kentucky Route 1 and Route 207. There furnace is no longer in existence, it’s ruins torn down. However, the families that comprised the community that sprang up around the furnace and worked there for several years have family folk buried in Pennsylvania Furnace Community Cemetery nearby.
Take Kentucky 1 or the Industrial Parkway to Culp Road. It is there you will find the graves of the families of those hearty workers who made a life working in the iron ore furnace. Some served their country in the Civil War while their descendants served in World Wars I and II. 126 have final rest here. They came when the furnaces opened. Their namesake is still present here today some generations later, as their families stayed to call Greenup County their home as well. Come find the cache and enjoy some nice old markers.
Cache is a camouflaged two gallon plastic container with small trade items and a log book and pen.
As with most cemetery caches, the cache is available from dawn until dusk.
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