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Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park is a California state park located in Napa County between St. Helena and Calistoga. The park is the site of a water-powered grist mill that was built in 1846 is one of only two water-driven mills remaining west of the Mississippi River.
Sheriff Mill Complex, also known as Sheriff Place, is a historic grist mill complex located near Easley, Pickens County, South Carolina. The complex includes a main house, gristmill, miller's house, millpond, and dam. They date to the late-19th and early-20th centuries. The grist mill was built in 1881, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, frame ...
Edward Turner Bale (1810 – October 9, 1849), later known by his Spanish name Don Eduardo A. Bale, [1] [2] was a British-born Californian physician, entrepreneur, and ranchero. He is known for having built the Bale Grist Mill in Napa County, California .
Through General Vallejo's influence, Bale obtained a four league grant of Rancho Carne Humana in Napa Valley, north of George C. Yount's Rancho Caymus in 1841. Bale and his family moved to the rancho in 1843. Bale established a grist mill to grind corn and wheat. In 1846 he built a saw-mill.
In 2011 during the California budget crisis, this park and the adjacent Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park were among those targeted to be closed due to lack of funding. The Napa County Parks and Open Space District petitioned the state to operate the park in order to avoid closure. [3]
By the 1870s, the Socastee community was a significant center for the production and distribution of naval stores such as turpentine and tar. This area included a saw mill, turpentine distilleries, cotton gin, grist mill, cooper shop and general store. The Socastee Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
South Carolina state road 86 cuts through the small town also, connecting with Interstate 85 at Exit 35. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8.8 square miles (22.7 km 2 ), of which 8.6 square miles (22.3 km 2 ) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.4 km 2 ), or 1.93%, is water. [ 5 ]
Price's Mill, also known as Calliham's (Callaham's) Mill, Stone's Mill, and Park's Mill, is a water-powered gristmill about 2 mi (3 km) east of the town of Parksville on South Carolina Highway 33-138 (Price's Mill Road) at Stevens Creek in McCormick County. [2] [3] Its name in the USGS Geographic Names Information System is Prices Mill. [4]