History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . C. Veale built the first saw-mill in Daviesscounty, some time between and 1810. This mill was located on \^ealescreek, but did not make enough lumber to supply the demand. Slabs fromthis mill were in great demand for the flooring of cabins, being more desira-ble for that purpose than the roughly-hewn |)unchcon. \eales mill \\as car-ried away by a freshet, in the spring of 1812, and after a considerable
History of Daviess County, Indiana : Its people, industries and institutions ..with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . C. Veale built the first saw-mill in Daviesscounty, some time between and 1810. This mill was located on \^ealescreek, but did not make enough lumber to supply the demand. Slabs fromthis mill were in great demand for the flooring of cabins, being more desira-ble for that purpose than the roughly-hewn |)unchcon. \eales mill \\as car-ried away by a freshet, in the spring of 1812, and after a considerable timewas re1)ui!t. The second mill of this kind was built, also on \^eales creek, by\-Ai Chapman, in 1S15. It was of greater capacity than Veales mill, fur-nished more lumber, and continued in operation for a longer time. Thethird mill was a different design than either of (he two mentioned. Themoti\e ])(j\ver, instead of being waler, consisted of two or three yoke haltered within a tread-null. This ox-mill was located in the townof \\ashingtiin. and was erected liy William McConnick. 7he next saw-mill cjf the pioneer period was erected in Washington by P>. Duncan, Wil-. wiiri-h: i;ivi;i:. DAVIESS COUNTY, INDIANA. ^^ Ham and R. Clraham, ami J. Thompson. This was the first mill to manu-facture lumber for export, considerable quantities being shijiped down theriver to a mountain market. In the course of a few years steam saw-millsbegan to be erected and superseded, to a large extent, mills operated by?other motive power. In the time further back than is within the memoryof anyone now living, the lumber Ijusiness was one of the important indus-tries of Daviess county. THE FIRST GRAIN MILLS. The first mills to grind both corn and wheat were turned Iw Palmer is creditetl with having i)een llie pioneer in the erection and?operation of a, .mill of this kind in Daviess county. Dis mill was ])uilt onI*,;^t^(l owned by Wi
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