Upcoming Mill Activities & Information

October Highlights at Ma & Pa Heritage Village in Muddy Creek Forks PA

Pumpkin Patch Excursions Saturday, October 5, 11 AM - 4 PM or Sunday, October 6, 1 - 5 PM. Fall Leaf Excursions run from 11 AM to 4 PM on Saturdays, October 12, 19, and 26, and 1 PM to 5 PM on Sundays, October 13, 20, and 27. For details check out  www.MaAndPaRailroad.com

Several members shared information of interest to our milling family.

From Steve Childers :

Saturday, October 12             Mid-Atlantic Grain Fair          10:00am to 4:00pm

Peirce Mill, 2401 Tilden St NW. Washington, 20008 United States

This free, family-friendly collaboration between Common Grain Alliance and Friends of Peirce Mill celebrates the Mid-Atlantic region’s vibrant history of local grain growing, milling, and baking. There will be grain cooking demonstrations and tastings, live milling demonstrations at Peirce Mill, and a farmers’ market with regional grain fare, along with music, arts, and crafts, hands-on activities, and more. see more details below!  Steve Childers will represent SPOOM Mid-Atlantic with his Oliver Evans model.

From Bill Dixon:

Saturday, October 19, 2024               EAIA (Early American Industries Association) Regional Meeting The Clarke County Historical Association and the Newtown History Center are collaborating to present this event at the History Center in Stephens City and the Burwell Morgan Mill in Millwood, VA. The meeting will begin at 10:00 am with a presentation by EAIA member Byron Smith on the wagons used to transport freight and goods in the Shenandoah Valley with an emphasis on the wagons used in the transportation of corn, wheat, and flour to and from mills. Then, participants will drive to the Burwell Morgan Mill in Millwood and enjoy a box lunch. After lunch, the water-powered mill will operate and the miller will demonstrate the grinding of corn into flour, meal, and grits. Fee: $7 for admission, box lunch price to be determined (Both payable at the door)

Registration required: Contact Byron Smith at bcsmith@newtownhistorycenter.org.

Here is the link to Shavings, the EAIA newsletter.

From Ed Franco of Heishman’s Mill:

Ed and his wife attended our Spring 2024 meeting and is excited about the networking possibilities he found there. He writes, “I have done a pretty comprehensive overhaul of  www.friendsofheishmansmill.org with a lot more content and pictures. Take a look and feel free to give me any feedback. I posted SPOOM national and Mid-Atlantic web site links on our "Milling then and now" page.”

From William Zartman 

For sale:  Glass Mill (Mill of the Glass family, major family of Winchester) in Opequon  outside Winchester. Built in 1812, house attached through the Mill office added in 1860. Fully restored (walls absolutely plumb)  with 2 pairs of millstones, but no mill wheel. One of the headwaters of Opequon Creek is in the Mill.   Living room, dining room, office with working fireplace, kitchen, 3 bedrooms. 1 acre with 2 dams & 2 bridges on tailrace, beautiful trees and plantings.  $400K.

Contact William Zartman zartman@jhu.edu or Lynn Beightol III lynnbeightol@comcast.net

See this blog for photos and more information.