Nineteenth-century charcoal ovens, Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, Nevada(Kit Leong) Interior of oven, Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, Nevada(Kit Leong) Tucked into a basin in ...

The only site in the state where the structures are protected is in Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historical Park, where six complete ovens still smell of the resinous wood once burned there.

Many people are familiar with the Ward Charcoal Ovens, the beehive-shaped stone historic landmarks located south of Ely ... The stone kilns eventually were acquired by the Nevada Division of State ...