Conestee Mill – Greenville, South Carolina
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As early as the 1790s, a mill was operating in the area along the Reedy River that would be later be called Conestee, the Cherokee word for “running waters.”
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Early mills included a gristmill and sawmill, then expanded to include a paper mill and textile mill by the 1850s. During the Civil War, material for Confederate Army uniforms was manufactured at Conestee.
Today, the 400-acre area south of downtown Greenville is being persevered as the Lake Conestee Nature Park.
SCIWAY thanks Rhonda Eaton of Piedmont for this picture she snapped in February 2013.
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