Keywords Southern New England, industrial evolution, early settlers, grist mills, shoe manufacturing, textile industry, economic hardships, factory closures, community resilience, new industries ...

McGovern also spoke about the importance of grist mills to early Long Island communities and how the now mostly forgotten buildings helped power the industry by grinding flour, wheat, and other ...

Early settlers would make long, arduous treks to the nearest gristmill to have their wheat, corn, oats and other grains ground into flour or feed. Without such mills, pioneer life could be cruel.

When teeming rain caused floodwaters to wash away Harbor Road in Stony Brook early last Monday morning, nearly emptying the adjacent Mill Pond, the 273-year-old Grist Mill next door withstood ...

A six-story grist mill provides the backdrop for ... A towering 90-foot monument to the ingenuity and aspirations of early settlers, the Motor Mill stands as a beacon for Clayton County history.

Courtesy of the 1880 Atlas of Auglaize County, Ohio, by H.G. Howland Smoke billowed from the Minster Milling Company in the early ... Depweg Mill in 1854, becoming the third grist mill in Minster.

Spring Mill State Park's grist mill is operational again after a three-year hiatus due to a cracked shaft. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources oversaw the restoration, which included ...