Philips' Greenbank Mill
Adapted for this blog from: “Two Mills on Red Clay Creek in the 19th Century” By Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. - 1964 Edited by Robert E....
"Grist from Abbott's Mill"
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The Oliver Evans Mill, aka C. J. Fell & Brother Spice Mill
In Thomas Scharf’s 1888 “History of Delaware,” Mill Creek Hundred chapter, Scharf mentions several dozen mills in Mill Creek Hundred,...
White Clay Creek Hundred Mills - part IV
Harmony Mills A lot of the following text is straight out of Thomas Scharf's 1888 "History of Delaware". I modified and added to some...
Abbott's Mill CLOSED to the public until further notice.
Due to recently discovered damage to the floor joists under the ground floor of the mill, it has become necessary to close it to the...
Joseph Dean and Son Woolen Mill - White Clay Creek Hundred - part III
Joseph Dean and Son Woolen Mill A lot of the following text is straight out of Thomas Scharf's 1888 "History of Delaware". I modified and...
Jacob Casho Machine Company - White Clay Creek Hundred - part II
Jacob Casho Machine Company (As the name implies, the Casho Co. Mill was not a grist mill, however, the road it was near is now called...
The Old Mills of, White Clay Creek Hundred - part I
As we did last time, we will begin at the northern end of the hundred and work our way south, exploring the mills that we find along the...
Pencader Hundred II - Grist and Saw Mills
After learning about the Cooch-Dayett Mill in my last post, we're now going to the northern end of Pencader Hundred and we'll travel...
Pencader Hundred I - Cooch-Dayett Mills
What we now refer to as Cooch-Dayett Mills, is located in the SW corner of the intersection of Rt. 72 and Old Baltimore Pike, next to the...
An appeal to our readers
Since we started this blog in December, 2020, we have posted about 84 weekly articles about Delaware grist mills and the northern Sussex...
The Olde Mills of St. Georges Hundred - Part II
Shallcross Lake St. Georges Hundred Industries (1888) In 1733 John Vance purchased a tract of land, which he conveyed to his father,...
Those Fascinating Ferns
Ferns are some of the oldest vascular plants in the world, yet they are still very much with us and provide a foundation for our lovely...
The Olde Mills of St. Georges Hundred, part I
Industries (1888) The Brick Mill - On May 13, 1769, Jonas Preston petitions the court for a condemnation of mill land. He says in his...
Butte Creek Mill, Central Point, Oregon
UPDATE: More pictures below that I took when I visited Butte Creek Mill last week. I’m on vacation in southern Oregon this week for my...
Three Mimic Thrushes
So, what are Mimic Thrushes? These are medium sized, slender, thrush-like appearing birds, that mimic the songs of other birds in their...
RECYCLED CARDBOARD BOAT REGATTA
Grist From Abbotts Mill takes a break to announce: NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL ...
The Olde Mills of Appoquinimink Hundred
Early Settlements - [1888] In 1671 a patent was granted to Abraham Coffin for four hundred acres of land called "Mountain Neck." It was...
Four Vibrant Viburnums
Recently my daughter was kayaking the stream feeding into Coursey’s Pond and saw shrubs arching over the stream-sides with pom-poms of...
The Olde Mills of Blackbird Hundred
On our virtual tour of the old mills in Delaware, we started out in the Spring of 2021 at Abbotts Mill in northern Sussex County and...
Honeysuckles Revealed
The atmosphere in June is heavy with the scent of aliens, Privet, Multiflora Rose, and Honeysuckle. These intentionally introduced plants...
