First Grist Mill in Fairview Area
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brwhiz
N 39° 37.636 W 111° 26.349
12S E 462311 N 4386480
The first grist mill in the area of Fairview, Utah was built by Elam Cheney, Sr. in 1868.
Waymark Code: WMGNAQ
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/23/2013
Views: 2
"These are the mill stones from the first grist mill in this area"
It was built in 1863 by Elam Cheney, Sr. a pioneer of 1847. At the request of President Brigham Young he quarried & shaped the stones & moved them & his family to Fairview where he also blacksmithed the iron & carpentered the wood.
The stones were turned by an overshot water wheel with water from the Sanpitch River.
By the Cheney Family Association - 1965
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1868
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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