Mill Pond (c. 1875)

Historic Downtown Banner Elk

Mill Pond (c. 1875)

Banner Elk, North Carolina 28604, United States

Created By: Greater Banner Elk Heritage Foundation

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Sam Banner, who built the Banner House, used oxen to drag logs across the Elk River to create a dam to power his twostory gristmill. (Image 2-The mill building is now gone.) Later, a man who "identified himself as" Daniel Boone IV (Image 3) operated a blacksmith shop above the mill around 1900. Lots of Boone's ironwork can still be seen around the Lees-McRae campus (Image 4) (Note: due to COVID-19, the campus is closed to the public). Learn more about the Mill Pond's role later in the tour. Continue on the boardwalk until alerted to the next stop on the tour, the small white cottage across the street which you will view from this side of the road.

This point of interest is part of the tour: Historic Downtown Banner Elk


 

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