Tidbits of History on Haw River, NC 1745-1996 1745...Adam TROLLINGER established settlement on banks of Haw River. 1747...No. 1 TROLLINGER grist mill built by Jacob TROLLINGER 1781...Cornwallis' men appropriated grain from Jacob TROLLINGER'S grist mill 1835....GRIFFIS-PATTON and Henry BASON houses constructed 1838...No. 2 TROLLINGER's grist mill built 1844...General Benjamin TROLLINGER built Granite Cotton Mill 1851-55....NCRR bridge built by Gen. Benjamin TROLLINGER and Dr Dan A. MONTGOMERY 1855....NCRR service reached Haw River 1856...The Haw River House Hotel opened for business 1858....Granite Mill was purchased by E.M. HOLT and Thomas M. HOLT 1861....Thomas M. HOLT purchased E.M. HOLT'S share of cotton mill, built house on west bank of river. 1865...Gold buried along railroad line between Company Shops and Hillsboro. Adolphus MOORE arrested in KIRK-HOLDEN War. 1868...Mill became HOLT and MOORE 1870... Barges began operating between Haw River and Swepsonville 1870-72....HOLT and MOORE built one room meeting house at Walnut Grove: four churches founded there. 1871-87...Thomas M. HOLT served as president of NC Railroad 1876....Dolph MOORE found shot in George SWEPSON'S yard. Mill became Thomas M. HOLT Manufacturing Company 1881.... Thomas M. HOLT built Cora Mill and power dam 1891-93 Thomas M. HOLT governor of NC 1896 Charles HOLT house constructed Thomas M. HOLT died; Charles took over the mill. 1899...Flood due to winter snows burst dam and washed out highway bridge 1904 Haw River School opened for students 1911... Streetcar service from Haw River to Graham and Burlington established Train wreck on railroad bridge 1923.... Concrete highway bridge and Route 10 (later U.S. 70) into Burlington constructed 1927...James A. SMALL (my maternal grandfather) killed by train in Haw River. 1936.... Train wrecked at railroad bridge 1949-53.... William Kerr SCOTT served as governor of NC 1960.... Derailment of 20 freight cars at bridge Interstate highway opened 1969-73 ....Robert Walker SCOTT served as governor of NC 1973...Town of Haw River established 1985...John Robert WATKINS bridge opened 1992...U.S. 70 Bypass opened 1995...250th Anniversary Celebration 1996 Haw River Historical Association and Museum established ==== NCORANGE Mailing List ==== Larry Noah - lrnoah@bigfoot.com - Listowner - NCORANGE mailing list Orange Co, NC USGenWeb site is at http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncorange List archives are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/~archiver/NCORANGE-L/97/