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Laurel Mills was an important center for the American woolen industry in the late 19th century.
Apparently at that time, Rappahannock County supported a substantial sheep population. To make use of the wool the sheep produced, the Spillman brothers founded and built a water-powered brick mill on the Thornton River at Laurel Mills.
The ruined walls of that
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