Little River Dam and Park
Little River Dam and Park (Jaycee Park) is a small municipal park and dam along the Little River in the town of Zebulon, North Carolina. Mill and Dam History The original date of construction for Foster's Grist and Sawmill on the site of the dam is unknown but the mill was sold, along with 53 acres, by A. J. Foster in August 1868 for $2500 to a William C. Moore. The mill then became known as Moore's Mill. The mill was run by Mr. Moore and his wife through the late 1800s during which time the mill was used for various purposes including hosting visitors overnight and providing meals. On one such visit a newlywed couple, Oscar Larkin and Ellie Beckwith Stringfield, came to stay at the Moore's Mill in 1882. Moore's Mill also served as the location for the local post office by 1874. Postmaster Nancy N. Liles ran the post office where local farmers and merchants would receive mail for the pony express until it was moved in 1888. Records still indicate local farmers receiving mail at the mill as late as 1896. Mr. Moore died in 1913 and the mill was sold. In the mid-1910s the mill