In 1795 Elisha Bartlett of Glocester built a scythe and tool mill in Branch Village powered by the river. After his death in 1805, the mill was expanded to manufacture cotton. Branch Village is home to restaurants, supermarkets, a fire station with an adjoining fire lookout tower, and other businesses.[1]
References
^Walter Nebiker, The History of North Smithfield (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1976), pg. 91-92.