Another important road in ante-bellum days was the one which led from TROLINGER's Crossing on haw River westward to Greensboro and eastward to Hillsboro. Adam TROLINGER, a German immigrant, brought his family to this region and settled on the Haw River in 1747. His son Jacob, built a grist mill there a few years later and the siste became known as TROLINGER's Ford. The girst mill stood where the Proximity Manufacturing Company (1949) today operates a cotton mill in the town of Haw River. From TROLINGER's Ford a road was built to the county seat in Hillsboro and later extended westward to Greensboro, a road to which many towns in Alamance, Guilford and Orange Counties owe their beginnings. Two miles below the present (1949) village of Saxapahaw and several miles below TROLINGER's ford, there was a second crossing of haw River known as WOOD's Ferry which competed with TROLINGER's crossing as and east-west route. The road by WOOD's led to Spring Friends' Church, LINDLEY's Mill, and Snow Camp toward Salisbury. Both TROLLINGER's and WOOD'S were important crossings during the Revolutionary War and later durning the War Between the States. When the North Carolina Railroad began construction of its line through Alamance County in 1850, General Benjamin TROLINGER of Haw River exerted his influence to route the railroad throught his village. As a result the town of Haw River was born on this site. ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange