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  Sergeant Alvin York Mill State Historic Area, Pall Mall, TN https://tnstateparks.com/parks/sgt-alvin-c-york ...pays tribute to one of the most decorated soldiers of WWI. I know we have stopped here before, it does have a very clean restroom and a perfect stopping point to stretch your legs and enjoy the views. What's happening? Are you well? Good weather? Thank you so kindly for stopping by. I did check to see if I had past views of this beauty ...but no luck ...so I am guessing I didn't share them at that past moment?? Thinky face??! It was fun to see what views I took verses what the hubby did. Several photos he is in mine and I am in his. LOL!! I truly appreciate that the locals keep this area beautiful. This mill is treasured for sure ...most respect for that, I wish so many other mills were respected as this one. Have a blessed day. Take Care. Beth ( ; 

  100th anniversary 1920 - 2020 "Brightwell's Mill" , Madison Heights, Virginia "created in the early 1800s and was constructed a second time following a  destructive flood in August 1942." I think we have visited this mill maybe 2 or 3 times ... now it has never been open ...but on the website it says it has "events", maybe when you visit be sure to check it out when it is available for a tour or Christmas / Thanksgiving time? That would be away awesome to see it during the seasonal time. This trip happened Sept 2024 ... end of the month ...we took a bike ride through Madison Heights and ate our Little Caesars pizza at this mill before going home. Hope you enjoy this day with me ...I hope 2025 will be awesome for us all ... What are you plans? Galt's Mill Complex, Madison Heights, VA. check out the info you can find on Wikipedia ...shocked to see this beauty up and close and personal ... we saw it surrounded by trees and brush. Sad to see it neede...

  Cook's Mill, also known as The Old Mill and Greenville Roller Mill, Greenville, West Virginia "1797, Valentine Cook which includes a "gristmill" and we know that he had carved out a 650 acre tract here by the time of a 1774 survey. We can surmise that the mill was built soon after because much of the tillable farmland along Indian Creek had already been claimed and was presumably being cleared and farmed to some degree. So, there would have been a real need to grind corn and wheat in an area so remote from other facilities. The mill would have been small and powered by a waterwheel connected to at least one "run of millstones" by wooden shafts and gears. but a mill on the frontier would have been more basic. Valentine Cook also had a gunpowder mill by 1797. using saltpeter from local caves, but whether this was on this site is unknown.  A second mill must have been built in 1858, to judge by a contract signed late in 1857, by Jacob A. Cook, Riley B. Cook ...

  Reed's Mill, Secondcreek, West Virginia 304 - 772- 5665 est. 1791 " main building was built in 1791, mortise and tenon frame structure held together with wooden pins and sits atop a raised cut stone basement. 3 story section with basement added in 1949. Also includes the mill dam, wing-dam, mill race lined with rock and ending in the mill pond and concrete mill race that carries water to the turbine (1872) which operates the grinding wheels in the mill. It is an operating mill. "   Sadly we were not there when it was open ...wish you could support folks who have mills still going but we have found they are often not open when we are visiting ...you still enjoy the views. Wishing them all the best and that they will continue to be business into the way on future. This beauty was right down the road from the mill and the hubs had to get a photo ... such character. How are you today? Doing well I sure do hope so. Thank you so kindly for stopping in ... Take Care and see yo...

  One Two Three Four photo #1: on the trail of Keuka Outlet Rails to Trails photo #2 "Mallory Mill, grist mill, Hammondsport in Steuben County, New York. 1836. four story, gambrel roofed stone industrial building." "built 1835-1836 by Meredith Mallory of Yates Co. for $30,000. There were 3 combined overshot and pitchback water wheels inside building" photo #3: Red Mill or aka Naples Mill, on Walls Street, Naples, New York 1815, Simon Lyon built it. photo #4:  Can be seen on the Keuka Outlet Rails to Trails, from the back on the trail " Birkett Mills , East Main Street, Penn Yan, New York" (a short story here, if you are curious what this mill looks like from the front, we have seen it in a previous trip from the front views, street instead of the water view back side ... just click the mill's name and enjoy there, I share it back on October 15, 2023) "7 miles, between Keuka Lake and Seneca Lake, villages of Penn Yan and Dresden. crushed stone and ...

  one two three four five six seven eight nine ten Glad you stopped in today, we had a recent trip to New York, trying to get away from the heat of summer, during late June 2024. Apparently the whole east coast was dealing with a real heat wave, BIG OOPIES, on that, normally we go north and can hide out in the shade and love the weather they have during that season of the year. Didn't work this time, oh well, maybe next year. Sorry for the photo being all out of order, if i could figure how to keep Google from not getting them all mixed up, so i decided to number them. #7 and #10 are the bridge from the movie "It's A Wonderful Life", Seneca Falls, New York. "museum" : The museum is located on: 76 Fall Street, opens 11 AM. "Local Bedford Falls nostalgia attraction with displays & memorabilia from the namesake film." #9 is Taughannock Falls, #8 (as well as 3, 2, and 1 are in that same walking path area, before the huge waterfall can be seen, if y...

  Moore State Park, 1 Sawmill Road, Paxton, MA 01612 spans 400 acres and is located in the heart of Massachusetts.  Between the 18th and early 20 centuries, it was home to grist and saw mills ... Updated post: Linda, you are the bestest!! I have got the best bloggy friends. thank you, Linda ... so cool. I wish to give Linda credit. It is always great when your bloggy friends help ya out. I had been searching for that state park, with no luck. LOL!! Here I was giving love to New York! But I need to give it to Massachusetts. That is one difficult state to spell can you imagine being a kid and doing a spelling test. I thought Virginia was tough. LOL. kidding. THANK YOU, Linda. This was a busy state park the day we were visiting I am sorry I don't recall the exact time of visiting ... I need to check other bloggy posts and see if I mention there? Other posts from this same trip "Bancroft Tower" & "Bridge of Flowers" , now the folks we did meet and chat with wer...