Advance Mills

Villages such as Advance Mills were once common features of rural Virginia, serving as economic and social centers. Advance Mills grew around a single mill that John Fray constructed in 1833 on the north fork of the Rivanna River. By ...

Sabin Sawmill

Site of Sabin Sawmill

circa 1695

one of the first sawmills built in Rehoboth

Marker is on Pond St., on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Dunean Mill

Dunean Mill, chartered in 1911 and opened in 1912, was one of several textile mills owned by Capt. Ellison Adger Smyth (1847-1942), a national leader in the industry for more than 60 years. Dunean was named for the Irish village ...

Pickwick Mill

Built 1854 - 1858

Named by Mary Davis in 1857 after

reading Charles Dickens novel,

Pickwick Papers

Sign donated by Worldwide Dicken's Fellowship

open May to Oct, Sat & Sun 11AM to 5PM.

or by appointment call 452-9658 or 452-7341.

Open weekends May and October. Open Tuesday ...

Miller County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for more than twenty years and was ...

Clarkdale Mill Village Historic District

Circa 1931

The Clarkdale Thread Mill and its 96 bungalow style homes were designed by the J. E. Sirrine Company of Greenville, South Carolina, a company noted for progressive mill village planning, for the Clark Thread Company, a Scottish company with ...

Empire and the Carson River Mills

1864 - 1964

When the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, the problem of reducing the ore from the fabulously rich Virginia City mines had to be solved. Mills were built in Gold Canyon and Six Mile Canyon. In Washoe Valley, ...

Lucas’ 1792 Wind Powered Sawmill

Jonathan Lucas and his Amazing Rice Mills

(Front):

The Sawmill at Cape Romain’s Mill Island

In the late 1780’s John Bowman of Peachtree Plantation hired the now famous millwright, Johnathan Lucas, to build a second less publicized mill, the wind~driven ...

The Abbey, Joaquin Miller Home

In 1886, Joaquin Miller (1837-1913), the first major poet of the far western frontier, moved to this property near Oakland and built a small, three-room house which he dubbed the "Abbey". Known as the "Poet of the Sierras", Miller's writings ...

Shenandoah-Dives (Mayflower) Mill

The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an intact and fully functional mill and includes all of its original equipment from the early 20th century. Constructed in 1929, the Shenandoah-Dives Mill is the finest extant example of a selective flotation mill. This property ...