(March 2002) Enlarge College Hill Presbyterian Church

(March 2002) Interior

(March 2002) Enlarge Wall Doxey State Park, south of Holly Springs, MS.
 
Spring Lake is near the headwaters of Little Spring Creek, which is fed by numerous natural springs from the surrounding steep hills. The lake here dates back more than 150 years. Around the year 1840 this land was owned by William Lumpkin who had built a dam and a large 4 story grist mill near what is now the north end of the lake. The mill was ravaged and burnt down during the Civil War
 
Picture Narrative: During the Civil War period, 10,000 Union soldiers were camped around a spring-fed lake, which was their water source, which is now known as Spring Lake at Wall Doxey State Park
 
Links:
1. Wall Doxey State Park
2. Old Mills of Marshall County - Marshall County MSGenWeb
3. Foraging in Mississippi

(November 2002) Enlarge Matt Anderson (right) and Steve Sullivan at Spring Lake
 
Don Sides photo

(March 2002)