Lee’s Mill Earthworks

These earthworks were part of General John B. Magruder’s second line of defense. At this site on April 5, 1862, Confederate General Lafayette McLaw’s four companies of the Tenth Georgia with Captain Joseph B. Cosnahan’s two batteries stopped the advance ...

Lee’s Mill

Lee’s Mill, a pre-war tide mill, formed part of Confederate Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder’s second Peninsula defensive line. When Union Gen. George B. McClellan began his Peninsula Campaign, his advance against Richmond was blocked here on 5 April 1862. ...

Warrenton Woolen Mill

Warrenton Woolen Mill

839 Main Street, Torrington CT

Erected 1908

Listed On The

National Register of Historic Places

1987

Renovated Into The

Warrenton Mill Condominium

1988

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Main Street and Northridge Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Devol's Floating Mill

In 1791, Captain Jonathan Devol, upon a proposal from Griffin Greene, designed and built a floating grain mill, which was erected on two boats and anchored within several yards of the Ohio River shore near this marker. Oak planks fastened ...

Mono Mills

[The kiosk at Mono Mills displays a number of history panels that collectively illustrate the history of the Bodie Railway and Lumber Company.]

[Panel 1]

The Need for Wood

Rich in Gold, Poor in Wood

Bodie, situated in the ...

Hagood Mill Historic Site

[Front]:

During most of its life, the Hagood Mill was a busy center of commerce. The Products of Industry Census records Hagood Mill as having produced 2,500 bushels of meal (140,000 pounds) and 200 bushels of flours (11,200 pounds) ...

Vardry Mill

In 1874 Vardy McBee's heirs leased and renovated an old grain mill on this property to Massachusetts natives O.H. Sampson and George Hall. First called Sampson, Hall & Co., by its founders, the textile mill consisted of two, three-story ...

Ellicott’s Mills

Established 1772 by the three Ellicott brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They opened the road from here to Baltimore. The B. and O. R. R. was completed to this point May 20, 1830.

Marker is at the intersection of Frederick ...

New Hope Mills

In 1790 Benjamin Parry, who owned mills on both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Delaware River, lost his mills in Pennsylvania to fire. He rebuilt them and named them "New Hope Mills", commencing operation with new and ...

Orr Mill Cemetery

Preserving Our Cemeteries

Deeded to the City in 1992, these humble grounds are the final resting place for some Orr Mill employees and family members dating to the 1800s. Numerous graves are here, marked and unmarked, including infants.

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