Millstones

A Precious Commodity

These millstones were used to grind wheat and corn into flour. Glendale oral histories tell us that in 1870 these burrs, as they were called, were brought here from Toquerville, Utah, 100 miles away.

Histories written about this area ...

William Mills Tenement

c. 1801

The builder of this tenement,

William Mills, was born in

Dundee, Scotland, and became

a prosperous tailor and planter

in Charleston. He was the

father of Robert Mills, pupil

of Thomas Jefferson and

America's first native

professionally trained

Newlin’s Mill Millstone

Newlin's Mill was located on the west side of Brookeville in the vicinity of Brookeville Road and Market Street (Route 97) and was operated from the early 19th century to the early 20th century. This versatile mill sawed lumber, pressed ...

Elizabeth Mills Riverfront Park

Potomac Connections

This riverfront park will transport you back in time. It will enable you to look beyond the modern developments that dominate the landscape here today. It will take you back centuries, when American Indians lived here, harvesting the bounty ...

Mono Mills

[The kiosk at Mono Mills displays a number of history panels that collectively illustrate the history of the Bodie Railway and Lumber Company.]

[Panel 1]

The Need for Wood

Rich in Gold, Poor in Wood

Bodie, situated in the ...

Ellicott’s Mills

Established 1772 by the three Ellicott brothers from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. They opened the road from here to Baltimore. The B. and O. R. R. was completed to this point May 20, 1830.

Marker is at the intersection of Frederick ...

New Hope Mills

In 1790 Benjamin Parry, who owned mills on both the New Jersey and Pennsylvania sides of the Delaware River, lost his mills in Pennsylvania to fire. He rebuilt them and named them "New Hope Mills", commencing operation with new and ...

Windmills

Windmills were once a common sight across the Great Plains and played an important role in the settlement of the American West. Windmills allowed settlers to farm the fertile plains in areas not blessed with abundant streams and rivers. ...

Gays Mills Sesquicentennial

1848 – 1998

In the year 1847 James B. Gay, a civil engineer and native of Indiana, journeyed to the unsettled Kickapoo Valley. Here he was impressed by acres of untouched forest which covered the hills and valleys. Finding a ...