Pigeon Forge

About 3/4 mile ooutheast, Isaac Love

operated a forge on the site of

the flour mill on Pigeon River

in 1820, making bar iron. One came

from an orebank about 3 miles

east, later, pig-iron came from

Sweden Furnace, 5 miles east. Forge

hammer and fittings are nearby.

Marker is on The Great Smoky Mountains Highway (U.S. 441), in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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