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gristmill [′grist‚mil] (food engineering) A mill that grinds grains. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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First, there was no historical structure on the G property to preserve, and the limits on the development of land near other property with a historic grist mill and plantation do not preserve the historical structures on those properties. Burnt Cabins Grist Mill uses traditional machines and methods for grinding buckwheat and other grains, much to the awe of busloads of visitors. People in Athens, London or even Boston might scoff at our fascination with an antiquity that dates back only a couple of hundred years, but in this young state, these are some of the oldest relics of human habitation: an 1808 Moorish fountain, encrusted with moss; the ruins of an 1827 grist mill, its dirt floor choked with grass and its crumbling mortar sprouting weeds; a cemetery with the graves of the earliest settlers; and of course the mission building itself. |
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