"White stone ground grits - made the old fashioned way. Lakeside Mills has been producing stone ground corn meal products in North Carolina since 1736. Our history is long and rich. The mill was used to supply the Continental troops in the fields as well as Lenoir County during the Revolutionary war. During the Civil War, much fighting took place near the original mill site, located east of Kinston NC. The original mill site is situated on Kelly's pond, which is over 300 acres and was once a major recreation area with its fishing, picnicking, swimming and boating facilities."