New Birmingham is an abandoned town site in central Cherokee County, Texas, United States, now a ghost town. New Birmingham once seemed destined to be a major industrial mecca in …

Jul 15, 2016 · In its short heyday, New Birmingham was a romantic, progressive town, filled with upscale conveniences and trendy marvels unrivaled in the East Texas region. It also had …

If it were not for the Tassie Belle Historical Park, New Birmingham would be hard to find, even for a ghost town. Once called the "Iron Queen of East Texas", so named for its iron production, …

May 1, 1995 · New Birmingham, once called the "Iron Queen of the Southwest," was a short-lived industrial town near the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 343, two miles southeast …

Jul 19, 2017 · When the furnace exploded and the financial crisis hit New Birmingham in 1893, many townspeople recalled the curse of Mrs. Hammon and believed it to be a bad omen. …

New Birmingham, once called the "Iron Queen of the Southwest," was a short-lived industrial town near the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 343, two miles southeast of Rusk in …

In the 1880s Blevins discovered that iron ore was abundant in Cherokee County and was already mined to supply a foundry at the Rusk Penitentiary. So he dreamed a big dream: a "New" …

Such is the story of New Birmingham, a dazzling upstart town once called the “Iron Queen of the Southwest” that went from “boom to bust” in only five years. The plan for a great Southwestern …

New Birmingham, once called the "Iron Queen of the Southwest," was a short-lived industrial town near the junction of U.S. Highway 69 and Farm Road 343, two miles southeast of Rusk in …

Jul 19, 2017 · The town, called New Birmingham, sold its first lot in 1888 and by 1891 it boasted around 2,000 residents, two working furnaces, a train depot, electric light station, carriage …