Mill Pond (c. 1875)

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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) 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.