Fries Mill Ruins – Millville, New Jersey - Atlas Obscura
The Fries saw mill and grist mill was mostly constructed of wood and was founded in the 1770s. With wood and water so abundant in the area and iron forges nearby, it was the perfect location. The ...
220-5015 Fries Boarding Houses - ia Department of ...
The Fries mill was the county's only large industrial mill in 1911, and its operation attracted other professionals to the town such as attorneys and physicians. The succession of operators and boarders at the houses reflects the changing and mobile population during the …
The History of Fries - Fries ia
In February 1903, the mill was sufficiently built and equipped to start operation. The swiftly moving water turned the big wheel. A new town was born in Southwest ia. The town grew around the mill and although the textile mill ceased operation in 1989, the Town of Fries is a …
FRIES, IA WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE TRAIL - Fries ...
The Town of Fries is in a exciting new phase; looking forward to our future in tourism and actively restoring our past. What began as a little mill town in the Blue Ridge Mountains is now the ultimate destination for vacationing and outdoor recreation. VISIT! Taste …
Fries, ia - Wikipedia
Fries (pronounced "freeze") is an incorporated town located on the New River in Grayson County, ia, 24 kilometers (15.5 mi) north-east of the county seat in Independence — in ia's Blue Ridge Highlands and on ia's musical heritage trail, The Crooked Road.. Named after prominent cotton mill owner, Francis Henry Fries, the town is noted as the former site of Washington Mill ...
Fries Mill - Ghost Town
FRIES MILL. COMMENTS: Requires a 1.25 mile hike along a trail in the Manumuskin River Preserve. A sawmill and gristmill were on this site in the early 1770's. 100 years later, John Fries purchased the mills and changed the town's name. Tenant houses and a company store were also here. As with other ghost towns in southern NJ, once the iron and ...
THE DEATH OF A COMPANY TOWN - The Washington Post
FRIES, VA. -- The history of this tiny textile town can be written with the names of two men and two dates. In 1900, Col. Francis Henry Fries dammed the New River and built a …
View of the Washington Mills, Fries Va. (1910)
The Washington Mill in Fries, ia, photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in May 1910, just upstream from where the Appalachian Trail crossed the New River at Dixon's Ferry. The mill provided employment to almost everyone in the town of Fries and many others living nearby. When the mill closed in 1989, it still employed 1,700 people.
Fries Historical Marker
Fries is named for Colonel Francis H. Fries of North Carolina, founder of the Washington Mills Company. By 1900, Fries and his associates had determined that the New River could power a textile mill. The town was incorporated in 1902, and by the following year a dam, a textile mill, and 300 houses had been built.
ia's Lost AT | View of the Washington Mills, Fries ...
The Washington Mill in Fries, ia, photographed by Lewis Wickes Hine in May 1910, just upstream from where the Appalachian Trail crossed the New River at Dixon's Ferry. The mill provided employment to almost everyone in the town of Fries and many others living nearby. When the mill closed in 1989, it still employed 1,700 people.
Fries Mill Ruins (Millville) - 2021 All You Need to Know ...
Ruins of Fries Mill are hidden in Manumuskin River Preserve in the Pine Barrens of Southern NJ. It actually took us some time to find the ruins of this ghost town - old saw mill and grist mill, furnace and other buildings. To get there we hiked extensively initially along the railroad, then into the forest following the trail, along the river ...
FRIES, IA WHERE THE RIVER MEETS THE TRAIL - Fries ...
The Town of Fries is in a exciting new phase; looking forward to our future in tourism and actively restoring our past. What began as a little mill town in the Blue Ridge Mountains is now the ultimate destination for vacationing and outdoor recreation. VISIT! Taste our culture! Be a part of our HERITAGE! Come for a Vacation…Stay for a Lifetime…
Processing the Fries Textile Mill Collection – ia ...
The Fries Textile Mill was established in 1903 by Col. Thomas Fries, then the president of Wachovia Bank. He built the mill on a bend in the New River, which he had dammed in order to provide power for his new venture. He also built a town nearby to house, educate, and supply the employees of the mill.
About Fries - About NROA - New River Outdoor Adventures
Fries purchased the surrounding rural farmland then hired a local labor force to build a dam, a cotton mill and a full-service company owned town. By 1901, the New River Train was extended to the mill site and Fries petitioned the ia State Legislature to incorporate the …
A Cotton Mill Town Christmas: The small Southern town of ...
A Cotton Mill Town Christmas: The small Southern town of Fries rediscover its Christmas Spirit Paperback – June 8, 2006 by Jerry Haynes (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
Fries ia - Grayson County Government
In February 1903, the mill was sufficiently built and equipped to start operation. The swiftly moving water turned the big wheel. A new town was born in Southwest ia. The town grew around the mill and although the textile mill ceased operation in 1989, the Town of Fries is a lovely spot.