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By Nicholas M. Horrock
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
In the 19th Century, the farmers of Rappahannock County brought wool on wagons to the Laurel Mill —. named for wild laurel flowers in this valley —^t.o be woven into wool par ts.
Daniel Hitt, who now owns what remains of the structure, believes that the mill owners redirected the Thornton River through the plant to wash the wool.
The owner, the manager and the people who worked at the mill lived nearby in houses on both sides of the river, he said.
Hitt and others believe that in the 19th century and early 20th century, this part of Rappahannock
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