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BackVolume 15:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 3031 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 Winter, 1988 XV: 25 were six mill sites on Big Pine Tree Creek,3 It derived its name from the crossing of the creek on a big pine log by the Catawba Indians as they journeyed to and from Charles Town. The path they used was known as Catawba Path, a part of which is now Broad Street in Camden.4 Pine Tree Creek was such a large stream that in 1880 people tried to make it navigable for two miles in order to make it easier to transport goods from the Wateree River to Camden. Dubose Mill, which was later West's Mill, was in operation before the War Between the States. It was a combination saw mill and corn mill. In its early history the waters of its mill pond were used to irrigate adjoining rice fields. There are no remains of the mill house, but the mill pond is still in existence.5 Like DuBose Mill, most of the other mills were named for the families who owned and ran them. Some of the other principal mills in Kershaw County were Barfield's Mifi, Beaver Dam Mill, and Ratcliffe's Mill. Ratcliffe's Milihouse, which is still standing, was built with hand-hewn timbers, held together with pegs. It was a combination corn mill and saw mill. Funderburk's Mill was also a combination saw mill and corn mill. Its operation date was before 1930.6 The mill house no longer stands, but the mill site is a fish pond today.7 The operation date for Campbell's Mill, is unknown, but it was before 1920. There are no vestiges of the mill house, but one can see the location of the mill pond.8 Hyatt's Mill was in operation between 1900 and J93Ø*9 The mill house is no longer standing, but one can see the concrete foundation and a little of the sides of the mill house. Pine Tree Creek still flows over this site and has altered its course very little.10 Adams' Mill was in operation as early as 1820 and as late as 1880. In 1880 there was a severe drought which seriously affected the surrounding area. Adams' Mill was one of the few mills in operation which had enough water power to run the gates and operate the mill stones. These original mill stones were dis- covered during the excavation for the spillway for the Kershaw County Park and can now be seen at the Kershaw County Park.1' McCrae's Mill, which is now Factory Pond, was con- structed in 1760 by the Kershaws. McCrae's Wheat Mill was five stories high and the first in South Carolina to use the turbine wheel.'2 A canal, remnants of which are still visible,'3 was built from Pine Tree Creek to provide water power for McCrae's Mill. In 1892 another canal was constructed almost parallel to the old one. This waterway was for the use of Hermi- tage Cotton Mill, `~ which is now run by electric power, Although water mills are not today significant com- mercial and social centers, some of them are still in use. In 1958 the Ellerbe Mill, furnishing cornmeal for Camden, Columbia, Sumter, and Bishopville,'5 was still in operation. Hall's Mill, now known as Muna's Mill, is also still in operation.'6 It was originally in Kershaw County but is now in Lee County and stands near a secondary paved road -between Camden and Lucknow. Mills have influenced different periods. The pros. perity of the era after the Revolutionary War was at- tributed to the excellent operation of the mills established by Broome.'T Mills in the Nineteenth Century were an integral part of society and economy. Being the center of society, they affected not only people in general but people as individuals. The lives of children in rural areas were indirectly molded by mills and activities around these old structures which were vital and effective until the agrarian society became industrial. -Irns TEAL REFERENCES 1 Norman C. Fohl, a personal interview in Camden. South Caro- Usia, February 25, 1968. 2 "Camden's Early Prosperity," The State, (Columbia, 5. C.), December 2, 1958, P. 1. `Harvey S. Teal. `Robert M. Kennedy and Thomas J. Kirkland, Historic Camden, Part One, Columbia, 1905. `Field Trip to Kershaw County Mills and to Mifi Sites on Big Pine Tree Creek, January 15. 1988. ° Harvey S. Teal. `Field Trip. `Field Trip. o Harvey S. Teal. 10 Trip. 1~ Harvey 5. Teal. 12 "Camden's Early Prosperity," The State. 13 Field Trip. 1~ Field Trip. 15 "Camden's Early Prosperity." The State. 15 Field Trip. 17 "Camden's Early Prosperity," The State. Some Horry County Names Horry County abounds in varied and unusual names, and it is found probably as often as not that there are conflicting reports as to the origin of many of these. One of the towns of Horry County is Loris located in the Northeastern portion of the county. The name "Loris" is given to a slender little primate (one of the Indo-Malay lemurs) which creeps about trees at night eating fruit and catching small birds and in- sects while they are asleep. But there is no known legend or story connecting this animal with the town. Running through the town of Loris today is the Atlantic Coast Railroad which was first built by William H. Chadbourn, Jr., about 1883 and was known at that time as the Wilmington, Chadbourn and Conwayborough Railroad. A nephew of the rail- |
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