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The Hunger Games Henry River Mill Village Up for Sale
Have you seen The Hunger Games yet? if you have, you are probably familiar with the back drop used for the poor town in which Katniss Everdeen’s resided in. Well the real name for this town is Henry River Mill Village a deserted and nearly forgotten town near Hildebran North Carolina. Once the company town of the Henry River Manufacturing Co., which made fine cotton yarns, but the mill burned down in 1977 and the village had stood empty for years. Until the The Hunger Games cast and crew last summer to shoot the box office movie. The owner of the 72-acre property, Wade Shepherd says: “fans are driving by and taking photos day and night.” Sine the hype of all the attention the village is getting he has recently put the property up for sale starting price of $1.4 million. Pictures include the Everdeen family’s shack and the former company store which was used for storage, and the Mellark family bakery in Katniss’ flashback sequences. More pictures below.
