Probably some 30-35 miles from where I live iron was formerly smelted in the area around a small town known as Tracy City, TN. They fired their furnaces with coke. A large number of the coke ovens are still there, & I suspect some of the furnaces as well, though I am not overly familiar with the area. Over the years I have worked with several people from there & have seen a few of the od coke ovens.
Lloyd, that Miller girl you dated may well have been a distant relative of mine. Though Miller is my middle name it was derived from my Great Grandmother's maiden name, one Nanny Miller. Yes, Nanny was her Name, she died before becoming a grandmother. Her ancestors had moved from Penn during the "Whiskey Rebellion, & eventually settled in Rutherford County TN & a small town grew up around them known as Millersburg. She married my G Grandfather, Samuel Black Bigham. Their son, my Grandfather (Papa) was named Miller Bigham but later added an N & became Miller Bingham.
