Barcamp State Park Millstones - Belmont, Ohio
Posted by: BruceS
N 40° 02.327 W 081° 01.112
17T E 498418 N 4432061
Pair of millstones on display as part of a historical display at Barcamp State Park near Belmont, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMK8D1
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2014
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Text from information placard:
A Golden Era
This pair of granite buhrstones, call raccoon buhrs, are believed to have been quarried in Vinton County along Raccoon Creek. Regardless of their origin, these stones represent a once flourishing rural industry. Water-powered mills served many years as a place where grists were ground, people gathered and news was shared. In 1840 there were more than 50,000 water-powered mills in operation in the United States. By 1900, railroad construction and steam power eventually doomed the small local mills. The rocks still stand as relics of former days.