MORTIMER

NAME: Mortimer
COUNTY: Caldwell
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 1
CLIMATE: Cold-winter hot-summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime 		COMMENTS: Easy access from i-40 to us321-n to lenoir. Anyone in lenoir can give directions to mortimer
REMAINS: Old house sites old mill site old railroad bed

Once was thriving lumber town with numerous houses co. Store railroad depot large hotel. Mainly destroyed by flood of 1916 and again in 1940. Very few residents remain today, Very pretty area. Submitted by: Jim Clark

Further Info on Mortimer:
http://web.utk.edu/~jeparks/history.htm
Old Mill
Courtesy Erica Hasenjager

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