Capturing Grist Mills across America
The Lost Grist Mill…
A study of the Grist Mills of the United States!
Glade Creek Mill
Grist Mills, what can I say? I will drive hundreds of miles out of my way just to visit and photograph one… Last year I spent 8 weeks exploring 19 states in the Eastern United States specifically to photograph mills. This is an ongoing project that will likely last the rest of my life. There are a LOT of mills still standing around the country and they are spread apart by vast distances! I have even created a GPS database that you can download from here and load into your cars GPS system that will show about 300 worthy mills in the East! So, as you can see, i am serious about this quest…
Valentine Mill
So join me in this quest! We can share Mill location and information. Who knows, you might just get hooked on them!
Stone Creek Mill
Mark Hilliard Atelier's Blog 
Hi Mark,
There is a nice mill near Eminence, Mo – Alley Spring
Here is a shot I did almost 10 years ago – not a great shot but you get the gist
http://www.achanceencounter.com/p532988057/h31f4d8c7#h31f4d8c7
Very nice! Is there still a wheel attached? DO you remember where that is in relationship to St. Louis? An Address or the official mill name?
Thanks for the info!
No big wheel – never driven to there from STL but from the STL airport, I’d say 130 miles or so – drive to Rolla then head south.
BTW, headed to south FL to do some IR with my Fuji XP1 on Monday. Probably will just use a Hoya R72.
Where is home? If you go to my download window here on the blog you will find a GPX file for covered bridges and one for grist mills covering everything from Missouri east! THis can be downloaded to your desktop then moved into your cars GPS for all of the waypoints!
Texas – have family up in Missouri though and love the old Griss Mills. Just not a lot of water here 🙂
Hi Mark,
Ran across another mill on vacation:
http://www.achanceencounter.com/washingtonstate/h6cdb8f0f#h6cdb8f0f
I can’t find where on the website to download the GPS files.
They are on the right side menu down toward the bottom It will come up as a blank window and will then load. It is the one marked Box Downloads.
Looking for pictures of the Grist Mill in Waymanville in Thomaston, Ga Upson County in the 1880-1890’s.
Ten miles east of Thomaston, on State Route 74, is the town of Yatesville. Although incorporated in 1894, the area was the center of plantations, industry, and education institutions for many pioneer citizens in the early history of Upson County. Crossing Tolber Creek on the right approaching Yatesville are the remains of Hightower Grist Mill, built in 1824.
Hi, I’m hoping you may have an image of the old grist mill where Hilliards PA was founded. Given your last name and the name of this blog, I was hopeful that you knew about it. I am a great great great great granddaughter of the founder John Hilliard and would like to memorialize the mill within a doily or tablecloth