Page's Millpond Traditional Cache

Page’s Millpond was originally called Ford’s Mill in honor of Preserved “Zarv” Ford and his son Major William Ford, who constructed a dam here in 1782. The dam, which still stretches across Bear Swamp, once powered a gristmill and cotton gin.  The property remained with the Fords until 1873 when Joseph Nichols Page purchased it from his brother-in-law, Dr. C.T. Ford. Page then renamed the cypress pond Page’s Mill, built a second millhouse, and opened a large general store. Page added a post office in 1877 and became the community’s first postmaster. In 1907 the area surrounding the mill officially incorporated as Page’s Mill; however, in 1916 residents elected to change the town’s name to Lake View.  As of 2019, the property features 295 acres and includes a cypress swamp with two beautiful spillways. The “lake” itself covers 60 of these acres. The mill no longer functions, but photographs can be taken from the shore. The millhouse is the third to occupy the site; it was built by B.P. Parish, Sr. in 1934.