Last Monday, we moved from Lake Lurleen State Park to Brierfield Ironworks Historical State Park. It is a little out of the way, but with RV parks few and far between, you go where you can.
This is a small but very unique park. There are 25 campsites and many rustic and historic cabins for rent. Lisa, the manager, was very helpful and informative when we arrived here. She is a great asset for the park.
The park is the site of a blast furnace and rolling mill established in 1861. In 1863 the Confederate government purchased the facility for $600,000. paying in Confederate currency. The Confederate government spend large sums of money expanding and improving the works.
In March of 1865, the Tenth Missouri Calvary torched the ironworks, thereby shutting off a source of iron for the Confederacy.
Revived after the war, the works were shut down permanently in 1894, modern technology having taken over.
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