Indian Mill Stone

This stone, with indentations on the top making natural bowls, was used for grinding corn. It was found at the site of old Fort Sandoski which stood on the north shore of Sandusky Bay overlooking the south end of the ...

Gristmill Stone Recovered from the Little Embarras River

Gristmill Stone Recovered from the

Little Embarras River South of Oakland

about 1936. Donated to the City of Oakland

by the Curtis Family in memory of Walter A. and

Georgia (Swinford) Curtis.

Mill was in use about 1850.

Marker is on North Walnut Street north ...

Mission Mill (and Millstone)

Mills were used to grind grain such as corn or wheat into meal or flour for use as food. The grain was poured into the hopper which funneled it through the eye in the top millstone. Water drove the waterwheel ...

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 ...

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 ...