Browse Items (1 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Title is exactly "St. John's Mill near the Indian Trading Ford" Sort by: Title Creator Date Added St. John's Mill near the Indian Trading Ford Located near the Trading Ford on the Yadkin River, St. John’s Mill was built before the Civil War. Peter Hairston of Cooleemee owned it during that time and in August of 1888, J.B. Lanier, local businessman and distiller, bought it at auction. … Tags: Buerbaum, Hairston, Lanier, North Carolina, Postcard, Rowan County, St. John's Mill, Theo, Yadkin River and the Trading Ford Output Formats atom, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2