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In a previous post about Young Potts Cemetery, we learned of Young Potts, his emigration to the gold mines of the Dahlonega area, and his acquisition of land in the Wolfscratch Wilderness area. He was a successful businessman and built a nice house beside a spring near the north end of Yellow Creek (The creek, not the road) north of present Hwy 53 and east of Steve Tate. Potts died early and his wife and daughters remained at the property, one day after Mrs. Potts died, Roxi

This blast furnace was built in 1852 in Bartow County off Stamp Creek. Originally called the Union Furnace, its ownership changed hands more than a half dozen times between its start and 1880. In 1875, this site was the first furnace in the United States to produce a commercial, high-quality ferro-manganese product at 67 percent purity. Its one-time owner, Willard P. Ward, had trained in Europe before venturing into the business in the United States. Ferromanganese is use