Moore's Mill

Historical marker location:

Tompkinsville, Kentucky

( 3531 State Highway 163, Tompkinsville, KY)

Phillip Moore purchased a steam saw mill on Meshack Creek from S. A. Moore, 1874. Phillip's son Joel and 4 grandsons eventually moved mill here. In 1929 the expanded lumber mill was among first mills in area to operate at night with electric lights. Phillip's grandson, George Moore, owned mill from 1941 until his death in 1965. Presented by the Moore Family.

<h5>Reverse</h5>(Metal photos of mill on reverse side).

Creeks Mills

In 1937, the town of Maysville, Kentucky, became the site of the first public works project built under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program.