Mill-Wright's House 1762

This small cellar, like many in Bethabara, was beneath a larger house. Stone steps and a place for wooden steps both into the cellar, show access from the inside and outside the house.

"Toward the end of May our mill-dam was ...

Mill Pond History

The Mill Pond was created, probably in the 1700s, by diking a natural coastal inlet, save for a narrow channel that would power a mill wheel. Seaview Avenue and Veterans Park were later built on more landfill.

Other businesses, most notably ...

Greenbank Mill

This frame grist mill, located on the Red Clay Creek, said to be on the site of an old Swedish mill, was operated continuously by water power from 1790 until 1969. The mill race, floodgates and dam are still intact.

Marker ...

Hurricane Camille

On August 20, 1969, torrential rains, following remnants of Hurricane Camille, devastated this area. A rainfall in excess of 25 inches largely within a 5-hour period, swept away or buried many miles of roads, over 100 bridges, and over 900 ...

Millstones Long in the Service of Pioneers

[Plaque One:]

These Millstones long in the Service

of our Pioneers dedicated to their memory

by the Edgar County Historical Society

1817 - 1927

[Plaque Two:]

From the Lewis Jones Farm near Nevins

presented to

Edgar County by his son

William Shields Jones, M.D.

of Redmon

1861 - 1949

Marker is on ...

Bridgewater Mills

In the late 1790's the river flowed swiftly around these islands. The Bridgewater Mills, a water powered saw and grist mill and an iron foundry, where the first bar iron was made in Canada, were located here. The Mills were ...

Battle of Gaines' Mill

“The most terrific fire I ever witnessed, except at Gettysburg.” Col. Eppa Hunton, 8th Virginia Infantry

“It was one continued roar of cannons & musketry you could not hear yourself think. Such desperate fighting never graced the pages of history.” David ...

Battle of Musgrove Mill

Site of

Battle of Musgrove Mill

American Revolution

August 18, 1780

Marker is on State Highway 56 ½ mile north of State Park Road, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Millersburg Ferry

The only surviving ferry service across the Susquehanna began as early as 1825. boats were poled by manpower until 1873, when the first paddlewheeler was acquired. In the 1920's, gasoline engine replaced steam power, and the paddlewheels were shifted from ...

Millen Flagpole

This flagpole and flags were placed

here on April 30, 2000 by the

Jenkins County Development Authority

to honor all servicemen who served

in the American Revolution,

World War I, World War II,

The Korean Conflict, The Vietnam War.

and Desert Storm.

Arrangements Committee:

Hubert Reeves, Jr., Frank Edenfield,

E.J. ...