Rice’s (no, Hord) Mill, Church Hill TN
These pictures are of Rice’s Mill, off Hwy. 11W at 36.520177, -82.745222 in Hawkins County. The sign explains the original structure, thought to have been either at this site or near to it. Some speculate that the foundation may be original…who knows?) Other pix show the extant building from two angles, a look at one of the massive millstones and a shot of one of the Savage & Tyler Knoxville Round Belt Scalpers (Savage & Tyler, thus combined, came into being in 1893 on Cumberland and Second in Knoxville). This roller flouring mill had something to do with separating the grain as it came from the milling stones, I think (I was out sick the day they taught milling in school). Warning! This is private property. (I had a brief flirtation with the idea that this was actually Hord’s Mill, but later clarity revealed that Hord’s Mill is further up the Creek, which happens to be Hord Creek…it empties into the Holston River across from Hord Island.)
