Mono Mills

To meet the ever increasing demand for lumber and cord wood the Bodie Railway and Lumber Company was formed in February 1881. Timber was harvested from various tracts to the south. It was milled at this site and then shipped ...

Hunewill Upper Sawmill

Buckeye Canyon – 1863

Napoleon Bonaparte Hunewill and his wife Esther arrive in San Francisco from Maine in 1859, and early in 1861 they came to Aurora. Late fall found them building a home at Buckeye Hot Springs. In 1862, N.B. ...

Glenn Miller

In Memory

Major A. Glenn Miller

0505273

U.S. Army Air Force – W.W. II

Born – Clarinda, Iowa –

March 1, 1904

Missing in Action –

Europe, Dec. 15, 1944

1943 – 1944

418th A.A.F.T.T.C. Band –

Yale University - New Haven, CT.

I Sustain The Wings

Sustineo Alas

Marker ...

Mill A and B

The Granite Mountain Mining Company constructed two mills adjoining the mining operation know[n] as the Ruby Shaft. These structures, Mill A and Mill B, housed a total of 70 stamp mills which processed ore. Stamp mills were used to crush ...

Beckman Mill

Built in 1868, this mill was purchased in 1882 by August Beckmann and was operational until 1954. In 1990 area volunteers began its restoration. The mill operates on its original equipment by water power and is listed on the National ...

Elder's Mills

In 1821 Matthew Elder built the first woolen factory in this area and bought wool from miles around. He ran a large general store with an extensive trade. He also ran a flax seed oil mill. In connection with his ...

McMinn Mill

Site of one of the first mills built on the Little Beaver River. Erected by Robert and Mary McMinn in 1796-1797. Mary was said to be the first white woman to settle in the Darlington area following the treaty with ...

Camilla and Zack Hubert Homesite

Zack Hubert, a former Warren County slave, moved here with his family in 1871. The Huberts were among the first African-American landowners in central Georgia and played influential roles in the area´s African-American community. They named their homesite Springfield. Zack ...

Robert Jemison, Jr. (1878-1974) / The Old Mill (1927)

Robert Jemison, Jr. (1878-1974)

The Father of Mountain Brook

A man of great vision, dream and enthusiasm, Robert Jemison, Jr. was by far the greatest real estate developer of Birmingham’s 20th century. The Post-Herald newspaper dubbed him “Mr. Birmingham.”

Jemison said abut Mountain ...

Le Legs De La Famille Côté

The Legacy of the Côté Family

[French]

Les ancêtres de la famille Côté son arrives au Québec en 1634. En 1945, Joseph Napoléon Côté et son épouse Ida Camille Demers, accompagnés de leur fils Joseph Henri Côté et son épouse Anne-Marie Forcade ...