Old Dutch Mill

Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down ...

Old Hammill Hotel

The three-story hotel, named for operator Edward Hammill, may be Occoquan’s first brick building. Tradition says it was built in 1804, but it likely dates from c. 1830. It was the Town’s premier inn. Confederate Col. Wade Hampton made it ...

Old Gristmill-Distillery

(obverse)

Charles Burks began a distillery operation, circa 1805-1815, in connection with family gristmill. It was located near the present stillhouse. Charles Burks died in 1831, and the distillery was in operation until then. In 1889, distilling was begun again by ...

The Old Mill

Built in 1825

Acquired by Blair Academy in 1903

Blair Lake & The Falls completed in 1906

The Old Mill and other sites at Blair Academy have been placed on the State and National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department ...

Dorn's Mill / Dorn Gold Mine

Dorn's Mill

Built ca. 1899, this steam-powered mill employed a milling process pioneered earlier by inventor Oliver Evans, which virtually eliminated manual labor. First known as the McCormick Enterprise Ginnery, the mill became the Dorn-Finley Co. in 1917, its purpose "to ...

The Old Slater Mill

The birthplace of the cotton manufacturing industry in America. Here in 1793 Samuel Slater, Moses Brown, and William Almy established the first successful cotton factory in the United States.

Marker can be reached from Roosevelt Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Mill Crossing

Last known place where horses

drank and forded the river.

Dedicated to the memory of our fathers.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Old Mill District

A Walking Tour of Fredericksburg’s Historic Old Mill District

Fredericksburg’s Historic Old Mill District dates its origins to the earliest settlers along the Rappahannock River. This walking tour takes you through what can be considered the city’s first industrial park as ...

Historic Old Mill District

A Walking Tour of Fredericksburg’s Historic Old Mill District

Fredericksburg’s Historic Old Mill District dates its origins to the earliest settlers along the Rappahannock River. This walking tour takes you through what can be considered the city’s first industrial park as ...

Down by the Old Mill Stream

Golden had a variety of businesses and industries in operation during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among these were four flour mills-the Rock Mill, the Brick Mill, the Binder Mill, and the Golden Mill. Mill races, or ditches ...