Hidden within the hills of southeastern Ohio is the reconstructed Buckeye charcoal iron furnace.

This is just one of the sixty-eight such furnaces that dotted the land in what was the Hanging Rock Iron Region. Iron production began there in 1852 and ceased in 1894. Today, Buckeye Furnace, located outside Wellston, Ohio, is one of only a few reconstructed furnace operations in the United States.

Operated By Friends - The stone stack was all that remained on the land donated in the 1930's by the Frank Morrow family of nearby Wellston.  It is owned by the Ohio Historical Society and now operated by the Friends of Buckeye Furnace, a sister organization to the Jackson Historical Society.  The furnace was reconstructed in the early 1970's as a memorial to the charcoal iron industry once centered in southeastern Ohio.          Photos by J. Michael Stroth, Jackson, OH.