Wistar
Wistar
Gone but not forgotten
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Deep in the woods of Keating, in Clinton County, is the remote ghost town called Wistar.
It's an approximate 2.5 mile hike to it but the views are beautiful and the rattle snakes are plentiful.
The property of several thousand acres was purchased by Dr. Casper Wistar. Dr. Wistar (1761-1818) was the first professor of anatomy for the University of Pennsylvania and a friend of many prominent figures including the president, Thomas Jefferson.
The land was wild and large panthers were to have been reported to be in the area.
In 1834 it was purchased by Dr.Samuel Strohecker and divided and sold to different individuals. A village grew from this division to twenty-five dwellings. There are two churches in the place and a school house. There were several houses, post office, three saw mills, a store and a school.
The land was improved with the addition of railroad access and the Wistar depot. Mines and coke ovens were operational and a blast furnace and iron works were to be built but not believed to ever have been used.
The largest of the foundation.
A foundation
Smaller foundation
Stone retention walls
The iron furnace
Remnants of narrow gauge rails to haul the coal.
Large iron relics
A Camp Wister tag..it is misspelled. Maybe used from an item delivered by train?
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