Settled in the early 19th century, the community's first bloomery forge mill was built and began operation in 1810.

[2] The Old Time Fiddler's Convention is held the Saturday before Labor Day weekend at the Old Mill Music Park.

Local musicians travel far and wide to attend this festival, marked with old time folk and bluegrass music.

The school started in the early 20th century in a small, one-room building and housed grades K-12.

It continued to house grades K-8 until the 1970s, when middle and high schools were built in the Mountain City section of Johnson county.