Dear Members of the Greenup County, Kentucky Discussion Group, Enterprise Iron Furnace was located five miles south of what is now the intersection of U.S. Route 23 and Kentucky Route 1043 (East Tygart Creek Road) in the community of Frost, east of South Shore, Greenup County, Kentucky. This is according to an historical road sign. There is (or is supposed to be) a road sign, Marker 1147, an historical marker, at Routes 23 and 1043 which gives information regarding Enterprise Furnace. To reach the site of Enterprise Furnace, take State Route 1043 south out of Frost (at U.S. Route 23). After about three miles, there is a "Y". Route 1043 veers left and goes on to Edgington and again connects with U.S. Route 23. But instead of continuing on Route 1043, go straight south at the "Y", which is still East Tygart Creek Road. This part of East Tygart Creek Road is actually Route 1215, but is not marked as such. After approximately another two miles, the site of Enterprise Furnace will be reached. I have been told that there is no trace of Enterprise Furnace today. I made a rough measurement on my map to find the point that is five miles south of Route 23 on East Tygart Creek Road. The road meanders so much that it is difficult to measure. I found that Enterprise Furnace must have been located on or very near Craycraft Branch. Craycraft Branch is a small watercourse that flows in a northwesterly direction into Tygart Creek. The point where Craycraft Branch empties into Tygart Creek is north of Bennetts Mills and is about one mile south of where Schultz Creek flows into Tygart Creek. State Marker 1147 gives a brief history of Enterprise Furnace. Enterprise Furnace was built in 1826 (however, Biggs gives 1832). The furnace was built by Richard Deering, James McCoy and Jacob Clingman, on the site of a bloomery forge that had been erected in 1824. Its air blast was operated by water power (necessitating a dam?). Question: Which watercourse supplied the water power for Enterprise Furnace? It had to be either Craycraft Branch or Tygart Creek, with Tygart Creek probably the more likely. Craycraft Branch is not shown on the 1876 map of Greenup County. Enterprise Furnace burned charcoal fuel, producing as much as three tons of iron daily, mostly cast into utensils. Enterprise Furnace was not in blast after 1833. There was an "Enterprise Iron Works" mentioned in a December, 1841 court record of Greenup County. James Greenslate was appointed surveyor of the road from Enterprise Iron Works to the county road at Benjamin Barney's place instead of Rezin Smith. Perhaps the making of cast-iron utensils continued after 1833, using iron from another furnace, such as Globe Furnace. Or, perhaps in 1841 the SITE of Enterprise was referred to, it having ceased operations some eight or nine years earlier. Note: Globe Furnace was built in 1830 by George Wilson Darlington and was not far from Enterprise Furnace. Apparently, then, there was a two-to-three-year period of time when Enterprise Furnace and Globe Furnace were in operation at the same time. Sincerely, Randal W. Cooper PS. Route 1215 is apparently that part of East Tygart Creek Road that is south of Route 1043. The southern terminus of East Tygart Creek Road is at Route Seven, near Liberty Cemetery.