GRIST MILLS
. . . that served family farms of Etowah Valley . . .
Burns / Blythe Creek Grist Mill
Moland Drysdale Corp., "The Brickyard" Grist Mill
Willow Creek Grist Mill
. . . that served family farms of Etowah Valley . . .
Burns / Blythe Creek Grist Mill
Moland Drysdale Corp., "The Brickyard" Grist Mill
Willow Creek Grist Mill
The grist mill on Big Willow Creek , circa 1920. Jesse Pritchard Huggins Sr. (1892-1976) bought the mill property from James A. Brock (1856-1932) in 1932. (Source: Terry Ruscin)
According to J.P. Huggins Jr., his father operated the mill for 12-15 years, until the onset of WWII. The original mill was on the bottom level with a mill stone imported from England via Charleston. The second level milling operation contained a French Burr stone, purchased by J. P. Huggins, Sr.
Coming soon, J.P. Jr. describes what it was like working in the mill as a young boy: " . . . You'd have to watch 'cause everybody wanted their mill just a little bit finer, just a little bit finer." Memories of the Old Mill
Big Willow by Jeannie Huggins Revis, b. 1932 To say that it was the greatest place on God’s green earth to be born and raised by the mill would be under defining the joy, pleasure and happiness I experienced as a child.
My first recollection that there was a mill is from about two years old. It was hot, and we were still living in what we referred to as the “Old House” (the house where I was born). It was across the road from the mill and on a high bank overlooking the mill and shoals as well as the millpond that later became the love of my life. [continued] Read Jeannie's full story Willow Creek Mill photos courtesy of
Barbara Hudson, Bob Edwards, Jean Huggins |
Additional old mill sites? More information to be discovered.