On July 16, 1874, the West Briton newspaper, out of Truro in England, carried a “story of the Mill River Flood and the singular conduct of a hen that was out in it,” as told by the Rev. Ward ...

On the morning of May 16, 1874, the dam on the Williamsburg Reservoir, up in the hills along the East Branch of the Mill River, suddenly collapsed, sending 600 million gallons of water roaring ...

On the Ashley River, a few miles south of Charleston, S.C., the water is murky and the marsh grass high. A three-man logging crew is cruising on a 24-foot pontoon boat. It's low tide and logs are ...