PART THREE: The mill
The sign describes the mill quite well: the grustmill was the main mill, the sawmill only ran during rainy times when there was enough flow, and the woodworking shop kept wood-workers engaged when there was no swing.
The buiklding was closed, but there were a few small places where one could peek inside, like into the gristmill, the corn grinding area, here:
and into the sawmill area here:
Examples of the grain-grinding wheels were on display outside:
The diversity of this family business is also shown by this display of a mill for extracting bark sap for use in the tanning of hides:
Agriculture was also pursued, of course, since there were no grocery stores in the area during these times. Some farm implements are on display outside:
This mill was a fascinating reminder of how things used to be, with lumber for structures and agriculture for food all being local. And with work being hard, and nature at times not cooperating. Insufficienct water flow meant no milling income, and only the non-milling enterprises would provide income.
Aubree was impressed:
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