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Us 127, Roadside Park, Jamestown
Site of early Kentucky paper mill north on Greasy Creek. Erected by Joseph Crockett about 1800. Tax records indicate profitable operations. Large quantities of paper were shipped by river steamer in 1830's from Creelsboro to Nashville, Tenn. The mill operated for more than sixty years, apparently closed because of Civil War. See other side.
Pioneer Business - An early industrial area located along Greasy Creek. In addition to a paper mill, there were the Alex Dick and Geo. Lewis meat house, 1785; a grist mill, 1799; an iron furnace and forge, 1824; the Wooldridge's Roller Mill; a cotton and two woolen mills. The Farmers Woolen Mill, owned and operated by Esco Reese, was in operation until late 1940. See other side.