BLAIRTON

NAME: Blairton COUNTY: -- ROADS: 2WD GRID: 1 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Warm Summer. BEST TIME TO VISIT: Summer

COMMENTS: A great Visit. REMAINS: A few buildings.

Blairton was an iron manufacturing town of the mid 1850s on the shores of Crowe Lake, a location accessible only by water as roads were nearly unusable. The railroad eventually came to Blairton in 1866 that made the mining operation more profitable. The mine was an open pit mine close to the lake and the town located to the rear. With the railroad, the town began to grow and soon had a population of around 500 inhabitants. The town prospered for about ten years when water became its worst enemy. Ice floes tore away the railroad trestle. Water began to seep into the mine. Even though the railroad was repaired and service restored, the damage had been done and the mine had been closed never to reopen. Blairton became a ghost town. During its heyday, the town had boarding houses, stores and about forty houses for miners with families. Much remains for the ghost towner to see in Blairton. Submitted by: Henry Chenoweth

Mine Manager's home Courtesy Clayton Self

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