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When Frank Pecsek was growing up on his Blackwater farm, he and his father ground grain to feed their livestock in a vintage hammer mill powered by a tractor. Pecsek still grinds corn, soybeans and ...

After more than three years, the grist mill in Spring Mill State Park is again grinding corn. It was October 2021 when the mill at the center of the state park's Pioneer Village quit working. The ...

IF you were an 18th or 19th century tenant farmer and you owned a quern - a primitive hand mill for grinding corn - chances are you'll have kept it hidden during daylight hours. That's because querns ...

Spring Mill State Park's grist mill is operational again after a three-year hiatus due to a cracked shaft. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources oversaw the restoration, which included replacing ...