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<br /> " .� THE HERALD-SUN/ PHOTOS BY KEVIN SEIFERTt
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<br /> . 1 The north fork of the Little River, one of the Piedmont's cleanest waterways , runs along
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<br /> `R one edge of the park site , near the fork's confluence with Buffalo Creek . The area serves
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<br /> �?; . ` e as a habitat for deer, beavers , turkey, quail , rabbits , hawks , four species of threatened
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<br /> I. freshwater mussels and , according to evidence , river otters .
<br /> A, Deborah Joy ( left) leads the way past what used to be a structure at the park , which �L
<br /> along with an old wagon ford across the Little River, the remnants of a stone dam and
<br /> I- gristmill race , prehistoric stone tools and stone flakes chipped off in the making of tools ,
<br /> I offer clues to past human inhabitation .
<br /> wheat . manager for Orange County. area , so that makes it a unique chat=
<br /> Linda France Stine works for The entrance to the park will lenge to decide exactly what ' s
<br /> Legacy Research and has been wind through the 15 -acre field , going to go on here , " Giles said.
<br /> searching deeds and other records which Shaw said will basically To help pay the $ 1 . OS million
<br /> to learn more about the mill site . remain an open meadow. At the price for buying the park property,
<br /> The documents she 's found so far entrance are a home and outbuild- the counties received grants of
<br /> suggest it was known as the Gray ings that once belonged to the Laws $ 377 , 000 from the Clean Water
<br /> Mill , or Gray 's �1 i family, and plan- Management Trust Fund and
<br /> Mill. �, ` h 4` ners don 't yet $250 , 000 from the state Parks and
<br /> " It may go back know whether Recreation 'Trust Fund . The Trian-
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<br /> as far as 1800, " ~
<br /> raw; -j those buildings gle Land Conservancy and the Eno
<br /> she said. "I' m not ;;�, _� � can be renovated , River Association also committed
<br /> positive , butIf
<br /> + Shaw said. to raising $ 170 , 000 for buying the
<br /> that 's what it's ,; a .j A parking area, land .
<br /> starting to look F.� ii . � :: " .., � , restrooms and Those funds reduced the land-
<br /> like. If you know r icnic shelter
<br /> P acquisition costs for the local gov-
<br /> different, let us z 4i a will be located at ernments to about $ 96 , 000 for
<br /> know. _ s, . the end of the Orange and $ 178 , 000 for Durham .
<br /> "I ' m trying to entrance drive, at The counties also got a $262 , 000
<br /> piece together STINE SHAW the edge of the federal grant for actually develop ,,,
<br /> this puzzle , and woods , with trails ing the property into a public park.
<br /> there may be people out there who leading down to the river and loop - The land is directly adjacent to a
<br /> have answers , " Stine said. ing through the property. site of about 175 acres that was
<br /> She asked that any local resi- A Little River Park advisory once considered for a construction-
<br /> dents with knowledge of the mill' s committee, made up of citizens and and- demolition debris landfill .
<br /> history or other aspects of the officials , has met this spring, and
<br /> property call Joy at 682r,l that group will be making recom-
<br /> The goals of researching the mendations on possible uses in the
<br /> property are to avoid damaging park.
<br /> any important sites in constructing Uses like hiking are certain, but
<br /> facilities such as trails , and also to whether activities like horseback
<br /> gather historical information to be riding and mountain-biking will be
<br /> included in displays at the park, allowed remains to be decided .
<br /> said Rich Shaw, land conservation " It's both a park and a natural
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