Falls and Hemp Mill
This file appears in: Franklin County Hemp
The Falls and Hemp Mill on the Kentucky River on Lock 4 at Frankfort, 1920.
Photo courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Franklin County Hemp
Franklin County Hemp
Historical Marker #1164 in Frankfort recognizes the former site of the Kentucky River Mills, which was the last hemp factory to operate in Kentucky (1878 -1952). Kentucky artist Paul Sawyier briefly worked as a salesman for the mill, beginning in…