Delivering lumber. George Ives sitting on the lumber on his wagon in front of his house. Frances Roberts collection.

George installed a sash and door factory and a kiln at the mill where hardwood for flooring and interior finish for houses were milled and dried. Most of the houses in North Tryon and surrounding communi-

Fishing at Ives’ Upper Mill dam: Diane Roberts Maidment and Gerald Dixon in the 1950s fishing from the bridge with the grist mill in the background. Frances Roberts col- lection.

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