Mills Darden

Born in North Carolina in 1799, Darden settled in Henderson County about 1830's. He was an innkeeper and farmer, and physically one of the heaviest men ever to live in the world. At the time of his death, Darden weighed ...

Mills Darden

This man, born in North Carolina in 1799, lived in this neighborhood for many years, dying in 1857. His size was legendary; he is said to be 8 ft. 6 in. tall and to weigh over 800 pounds; three ordinary ...

Ellicott’s Upper Mills

1775

Joseph Ellicott (who with his brothers Andrew and John had established Ellicott’s Lower Mills, now Ellicott City, on the Patapsco River in 1772) built the Upper Mills and his home on “Fountaindale” near this spot in 1775. Remaining gravestones of ...

Timothy Mills House

1740

Oldest house in Morristown on

its original site. Home of a

patriot, artisan, government

official and Presbyterian

Elder.

Morris County Heritage Commission

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

Marker is on Mills Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

City Mills

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Site of the oldest manufacturing operation on the Chattahoochee River at Columbus. April 3, 1828, the State of Georgia, through Governor George R. Gilmer, issued a grant to Seaborn Jones for Lot No. 1 (5 1/2 acres) in the reserve ...

Union Mills

“Shining lights.” Gettysburg Campaign.

At daybreak on June 30, 1863, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart arrived here from his bivouac at the Orendorff farm north of Westminster. He then gathered his brigade commanders to discuss Union Gen. Judson H. Kilpatrick’s ...

Defiance at Union Mills

“I’m a Union man!” Gettysburg Campaign.

In 1863, brothers Andrew K. and William Shriver resided on either side of the Littlestown Turnpike here and likewise were divided in their loyalties, with William supporting the Confederacy and Andrew the Union. When officers ...

Union Mills

Built 1797 on the site of an earlier mill by Andrew and David Shriver, Jr.

On June 29, 1863 General J. E. B. Stuart and his cavalry camped here. On June 30, 1863 General James Barnes of the 5th Corps U. ...

Watts Mills' World War II Veterans Memorial

Top Plaque:

Watts Mills' employees

who gave their lives

in World War II

Rumsley Thompson Bennett Chester Calvin Miller

Joe Edward Carlton Rex Darvin Power

Tommy Cogdill Luther Prather

John Elmer Davis Robert Lee Putman

James Byron Gray Allen Rhodes

Alvin Ludie Hazle Ryan Telford Satterwhite

Ernest Geter Hewitt, Jr. ...

War Eagle Mills Farm

The Ozark Arts and Crafts Fair was founded on War Eagle Mills Farm by Lester and Blanche Elliott and friends in October 1954 for the purpose of giving recognition to Ozark artists and craftsment who work with their hands and ...