Millers’ Tales: 360 mills spun in well-watered York County
In S1, E5, Jamie Kinsley and Dominish Miller discuss the 360 mills that spun in 1876 on York County’s creek. These wood, stone and brick mills point to a well-watered county that supported one of the mightiest farm economies in America for decades, centuries. To process, say, wheat into flour, farmers would bring their grain to water-powered mills along a nearby stream. These mills served multiple needs - from community meeting places to banks. And the colorful feedbags could be used for clothing. Today, some farmers depend on mills, now powered by other means. And these old buildings have been adapted to other uses - event venues, apartments and eateries, a reminder of those days in which millers served their communities in so many ways.
They filmed at the Blue Sky Tavern in Etters, PA.
Season 1, 2021: Episode 1 - The Baptist Farm and Underground Railroad: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/farming-by-day-underground-railroad-by-night/
Episode 2 - Trauma in War and the Workplace: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-soldiers-escape-healing-ptsd-in-nature/
Episode 3 - The People of the Golden Venture: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/access-to-justice-the-mantra-of-liberty-for-the-golden-venture/
Episode 4 - A Hill to Die on: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-hidden-space-the-potters-field-in-north-york/, Friends of Lebanon Cemetery: https://friendsoflebanoncemetery.com/; Prospect Hill Cemetery: https://prospecthill.org/; City Cemetery/ Potter's Field: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/city-cemetery-potters-field-north-york-grave/
Episode 5 - Millers' Tales: https://www.witnessingyork.com/mapping-meaning/a-woman-with-one-arm-how-the-wallace-sisters-successfully-ran-their-grist-mill-despite-a-disability/
Episode 6 - Susquehanna Trail: This Old Road Keeps Rolling On: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/history/blogs/york-town-square/2008/10/21/susquehanna-trail/31557873/.
Related sites:
Preserving Newberrytown: https://www.facebook.com/groups/96217
Retro York: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retroyork
Witnessing York: https://www.witnessingyork.com/
Wandering in York County: https://yorkblog.com/wandering/
