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Grinding Grains

No image of mountain heritage is more enduring than a grist mill with a big waterwheel slowly turning by its side. By the mid-1800s every community had at least one grist mill, and some, two or three. Today, only three are still lasting in our region: Mingus Mill in Great Smoky Mountains National Park near Cherokee, Francis Mill in Waynesville, and Carolina Ground in ....

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