MORTIMER

NAME: Mortimer
COUNTY: Caldwell
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Cold-winter hot-summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime 		COMMENTS: Easy access from i-40 to us321-n to lenoir. Anyone in lenoir can give directions to mortimer
REMAINS: Old house sites old mill site old railroad bed

Once was thriving lumber town with numerous houses co. Store railroad depot large hotel. Mainly destroyed by flood of 1916 and again in 1940. Very few residents remain today, Very pretty area. Submitted by: Jim Clark

Further Info on Mortimer:
http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/history.htm


Old Mill
Courtesy Erica Hasenjager


Mill Boilers 6/6/2010
Courtesy Ken Williams


Boilers on the other side of this wall
Courtesy Ken Williams


Side of old mill house
Courtesy Ken Williams


Old Foundations
Courtesy Ken Williams

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