Phelps Mill The Phelps mill was built in 1888–1889 by William E. Thomas, a local entrepreneur who owned a flour and feed business in Fergus Falls. During that time, wheat was a high-demand crop, and nearly one thousand flour mills were in operation throughout Minnesota. Thomas began constructing a wooden
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Nora Grist Mill Nora Mill is a fully operational gristmill (one of the few that still grind corn) located on the banks of the Chattahoochee River outside of Helen, Georgia. Built in 1876, the mill is four stories tall, has 1,500 pound French Burr Mill Stones, a 100-foot wooden raceway
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Glade Creek Grist Mill The Glade Creek Grist Mill at Babcock State Park is a new mill that was completed in 1976. Fully operable, this mill was built as a re-creation of a previous one that once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock became a state park.
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Kymulga Mill and Covered Bridge Kymulga Mill is a working gristmill built in 1864 by German contractor G.E. Morris for Confederate Army Major George H. Forney, who was later promoted to lieutenant colonel. Forney died at the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia before construction was completed, but
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Alfred Reagan Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Alfred Reagan grist mill was probably built around 1900. We must assume the builder was Alfred Reagan. The grist mill was a turbine or “tub” mill, the most common type found in the mountains. Water was channeled to strike a
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Jolly Mill Jolly Mill was built on Capps Creek at Jollification, Berwick Township, Newton County, Missouri, United States in 1848 by Thomas Isbell and his son John to serve as a whiskey distillery. Jolly Mill was named for the local Jolly family. The mill also served as a grist
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Cable Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park The Cable Mill was one of the most successful — and enduring — grist mills in Cades Cove, built in 1867 by its namesake, John Cable. The mill, which processed logs, wheat and corn and was originally operated by millwright Daniel Ledbetter,
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Mingus Mill Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mingus Mill provides a rare opportunity for Park visitors to get a glimpse what life was like when the North American continent was being settled. The mill is staffed by knowledgeable caretakers from April through October (and also weekends in November) who
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Old Oxford Mill The Old Oxford Mill in Oxford Kansas. Construction began in 1874 was completed in the fall of 1876. A new mill was built in the 1930 and the old mill closed in 1935 but still used to provide power for the new mill. Old Oxford Mill
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Rockbridge Mill From the Rockbridge Rainbow Trout & Game Ranch Late in the summer of 1841 a group of families left Marion County, Kentucky, in three ox and horse drawn wagons led by Captain Kim Amyx. Their destination would require some 500 miles and six months of challenging travel.
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