Allen, lit let!hts tin horse that ho rides to work each day near the mill, the last one in Prince Edward county operated by water power. For 30 years Alien has been grind ing wheat and corn, turning out about a 3 H) pound barrel an hour. Farmers from all around lake their grain to the grist mill. last Water W.ieel There are othe" mills m Prince ‘Edward, but none so quaint- as the flic run by a water wheel on Falling Cierk Allen's father built the mill ittfd :'> equipment which is 'till in] use. Both wheat and corn were pro duced iu substantial quantity in <u lonial Prince Edward, and a num ber of early grist mills were auth orized by the county court. In "History of Prince Edward County." H C Bradshaw lists mills on the Appomattox and Sandy Rivers as early as 17t>t>: Briery River. 17>iu Mountain Creek. 1770: Vaughan's Creek. 1771. and Snail's
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