But when a mill town has a star in its firmament residents are entitled to regard that celebrity as theirs.

This, though, was a crime whose ramifications would stretch far beyond the boundaries of the former mill town.

Small industry grew within the town, with the town being considered more of a mill town by 1840.

By 1908, a mill town of 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, and pool hall had grown around the mill.

The town began life as a cotton mill town.