I’m sure this old building has lots of stories to tell. The Oehler Flour and Grist Mill was built in 1862 by Valentine and Gottfried Oehler and it was powered by water.
Old Grist Mill
Picture of the Day for October 18, 2014
In the time period when farmers hauled their grain to the grinding mill by horse and wagon, they would often spend the entire day in town, or where the mill was located, as they waited for their flour or feed to be ground. Since many mills were powered by water, part of the day might have been spent fishing as well as doing other shopping.
A Day at the Mill
Picture of the Day for March 24, 2014
Just down the road from the Hyde Chapel, the Hyde Mill sits on Mill Creek. The mill was built in 1850 by William Hyde who settled in the area. The mill burned in the 1870s but was rebuilt and the Ted Sawle family has owned the mill since 1931 and it has been a working mill, even generating electricity.
Ted Sawle made the water wheel for his mill as well as other water wheels for other mills, including an 18 foot wheel for a mill in Indiana that originally was built by Daniel Boone’s younger brother, Squire Boone. But now Hyde Mill is currently for sale as Ted passed away at the age of 103.
Hyde Mill
