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Bay Springs Lake
Here, you have boat access to Bay Springs Lake and Dam.
In 1840s George Gresham erected a water powered sawmill and gristmill at the narrow rocky gorge on Mackey's Creek. Rock overhangs in the gorge provided shelters which had been inhabited by Indians thousands of years before. In 1862, Gresham and two partners founded the Bay Springs Union factory. This company contained the original saw and grist mill and added a mill for spinning cotton yarn and carding wool. This small industrial center included not only the mill but a cotton gin, a blacksmith, post office and general store. In 1885, the factory was destroyed by fire and never rebuilt.
Locator Map for Bay Springs Lake and other Natchez Trace points of interest!
Click on these nearby points of interest:
1 Buzzard Roost Spring
2 Riverside Cottage Bed and Breakfast
3 Freedom Hills Overlook
4 Bear Creek
5 Bear Creek Mound
6 Cave Spring
7 Tishomingo, Mississippi
8 Tishomingo State Park
* Bay Springs Lake
9 Sachem Bed and Breakfast
10 Baldwyn, Mississippi
11 Belmont, Mississippi
12 Belmont Hotel
13 Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
14 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
15 Pharr Mounds
16 Donivan Slough
17 Twentymile Bottom Overlook
18 Dogwood Valley
19 Confederate Gravesites and Old Trace
20 A Lazy Dog Ranch Bed and Breakfast
21 Tupelo Visitors Center
22 Old Town Overlook
23 Chickasaw Village Site
Color Key:
* Bay Springs Lake
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
1 Buzzard Roost Spring
2 Riverside Cottage Bed and Breakfast
3 Freedom Hills Overlook
4 Bear Creek
5 Bear Creek Mound
6 Cave Spring
7 Tishomingo, Mississippi
8 Tishomingo State Park
* Bay Springs Lake
9 Sachem Bed and Breakfast
10 Baldwyn, Mississippi
11 Belmont, Mississippi
12 Belmont Hotel
13 Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site
14 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
15 Pharr Mounds
16 Donivan Slough
17 Twentymile Bottom Overlook
18 Dogwood Valley
19 Confederate Gravesites and Old Trace
20 A Lazy Dog Ranch Bed and Breakfast
21 Tupelo Visitors Center
22 Old Town Overlook
23 Chickasaw Village Site
Color Key:
* Bay Springs Lake
Bed and Breakfasts located nearby
On Trace Attractions located nearby
Other Attractions located nearby
Area Towns & Cities
