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Huntington Mills
Blacksmith shops were located in Harveyville, Huntington Mills, and Fairmount Springs. The blacksmith shop at Huntington Mills was inside a stagecoach stop by the Harrison House Inn. The Koons brothers went to the Civil War. When they returned, they decided they would build up their town (Huntington Mills). One built a paper mill and the Papermill Dam. The other started to build a railroad, and a woolen mill. Unfortunately, railroad idea was not very successful and didn't even make it out of Koonsville. Abigail Dodson Brink was captured by Native Americans. She is buried at the Harveyville Cemetary with a tombstone surrounded by Lilac bushes. Near her grave is a stone slab with markings and a cross carved on it. Common legend has it that this was and Indian grave somehow connected to Abigail Dodson Brink. The cross indicates that she was a convert. Abigail was very loved by the Indians and they agreed to let her go if anyone came to retrieve her. A male relative came for her five years after her captivity and traded her for a horse. They made her a new buckskin outfit to wear on the trip home. At one time, there were five mills on Little Rogers Creek, the largest a toy factory. These mills were all water powered.
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