By Chuck Ketchie, President

The Carolinas Chapter published their first newsletter in September. Along with information about the mills in the Carolinas the newsletter contains the first part of the Chapter’s first completed project - Country Road names with mills. If fact, there are over 1000 county road names with the word “mill” in them. This four page list is done by county and should help folks track down possible unknown mills in their area. The second half will be published in the next newsletter.
We continue to add GPS numbers to currently known mill sites. This has been made easier by the numerous digital topographical maps of the area which when placing the curser on the site, gives exact GPS location. This will be made available to SPOOM members when completed.
We are planning a fall tour and sites in both states are being looked at for this event. After an unusually hot summer it is probably safe again to venture outside. Maybe we can take advantage of the drought and see some areas of creeks and rivers that are usually underwater.
The Trading Path Organization has been leading several tours to mill sites in the Carolinas including the Harts/Maddocks Mill and Halls Mill in Orange County in September. They took around 75 people from a nearby housing development to visit a mill site located on a property in South Carolina in May.
Check out their website at www.tradingpath.org for their activities.