Historic Millstone

From Gilbert's Mill on North Fork River in Ellsworth Park, Danville's first mill

Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Street and North Gilbert Street, on the right when traveling west on Lafayette Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Millen Fountain

This fountain

was originally in the lobby

of the Estelle Hotel.

The hotel was constructed in 1912

and was located on

Gray Street in Millen, Georgia.

Through the generosity

of several local citizens, the

Jenkins County Development Authority

was able to obtain this fountain

for the Olde Freight Depot ...

Rosencrantz Cotton Mills

From the time that Elijah Rosencrantz bought the Hermitage in 1807 to the Civil War, mills on the nearby Hohokus Brook behind the building provided an income for the Rosencrantz family. This photograph (circa 1890) shows millworkers posing in front ...

Glencoe - Life in the Mill Village

From Farm to Factory

The whole matter of providing attractive and comfortable habitations for cotton operatives [is] summarized in the statement that they are essentially a rural people…while their condition is in most cases decidedly bettered by going to the factory, ...

The Rise of the Textile Mill Communities

In the decades following the Civil War, the textile industry thrust the South into a period of rapid industrialization. In North Carolina, construction of railroads began through Piedmont “backcountry,” and cities sprung up in their paths. Piedmont farmers, who had ...

Mollohon Mill and Village

This mill was built and operated by the Mollohon Manufacturing Co. from 1901 to 1926, when it was sold to the Kendall CO.; the mill closed in 1976 and was razed in 1980. Original mill village housing was built 1901-02; ...

Kitchell Grist Mill

In this area Joseph Kitchell who settled here in 1817 erected a Grist Mill and Distillery which eliminated the trip to Shakertown, Indiana where the farmers had previously taken their grain.

Horses were used for power, grain was taken in pay, ...

Guest Mill Pond

Home of the World’s Record Jack Fish

9lbs. 6oz. 31 inches long

Landed by Baxley McQuaig, Jr.

February 17, 1961

On a Johnson’s Spoon

Marker is on Guest Mill Pond Road (Private) 0.1 miles west of Pearson Highway (U.S. 441), on the left when ...

Guest Mill Pond

Home of the World’s Record Jack Fish

9lbs. 6oz. 31 inches long

Landed by Baxley McQuaig, Jr.

February 17, 1961

On a Johnson’s Spoon

Marker is on Guest Mill Pond Road (Private) 0.1 miles west of Pearson Highway (U.S. 441), on the left when ...

Millstones from Emison Mills

The larger millstone is made from French Buhr cut into wedge-shaped pieces and bound together by a heavy metal loop. A “stand” is made of two similar stones, the “upper stone” rotating on the “nether stone” to grind wheat and ...