Crane’s Mills

During the bitter winter of

1779 – 1780

troops of General Washington’s Army

were cantoned at

Crane’s Mills

here, General William Irvine

established headquarters of

the Forward Defense Line

January 1, 1780

Placed by

Crane’s Ford Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1977

Marker is on Riverside Drive west of N Union Avenue, ...

Rhea's Mill

Battle Monument

This tower was the chimney of Rhea's Mill, which stood 6 miles northwest of this spot. The mill was operated by the Federal army before and after the battle of Prairie Grove. General Blunt's supply train was at Rhea's ...

Millard Block 1880-1881

The Old Market Historic Walking Tour

Omaha capitalist Ezra Millard, a former mayor of Omaha and the man for whom a western suburb was named, erected the four-story Millard Block in 1880-81. The first tenants were Tootle, Maul & Co., wholesale ...

Sawmill Flat

Name derived from two sawmills erected here to supply mining timbers early 1850’s. Population at one time 1000. Rich in pocket gold in heyday. Mining camp of Mexican woman, Doña Elisa Martinez, at north end of flat, reported to have ...

March of the Mill Children

100th Anniversary

Princeton, New Jersey

July 1903 – July 2003

Mary Harris “Mother” Joneswas a crusader for workers’ rights. She led several hundred children who worked in the textile mills on a march from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to President Theodore Roosevelt’s home in Oyster ...

Hopper Gristmill Site

Built as a gristmill about 1760 by Lambartus Laroe and sold to Thomas Boggs in 1764, it had a pair of millstones. Boggs also ran a tavern in his nearby home. Owned by David Baldwin during the Revolution, the mill ...

Site of Ellerson’s Mill

The foundation of the mill was located in the depression below the road bed. The millrace that supplied water to power the mill was built along the base of the hill and remnants can be seen today. The mill pond ...

Ante-Bellum Cotton Mills 1840

About one mile west of here is the site of the Globe Cotton Factory which was erected on Cypress Creek in 1840, By 1857 its operations included three cotton mills, a flour mill, and two corn mills, all powered by ...

Cole’s Mill

Founded 1842 by Emery Cole

Ruins 870 ft. west

Produced flour, feed & grain

Wagonmaking shop added

run by son, Albert S. Cole

Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (Old Route 55) and Lakeside Drive, ...

Shawver Mill

The Shawver Mill community grew up here around the gristmill that George Shawver built before 1860. William Leffel and Adam Britts soon built sawmills, and the community developed like many in Virginia during the 19th century. By 1911 it sustained ...