Baxter's Mill Traditional Cache

This cache has been archived.

erycka & wichie: We both agreed it is time to give up this space. Thanks for your visit!

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Hidden : 1/1/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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This location used to hold one of the first finds we did as a team. We just noticed that the listing has been archived and thought this is a spot that can't be left without a geocache. Hope you enjoy it.

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Baxter Grist Mill
The first mill in Yarmouth was built around 1700 by Thomas Baxter and Shubal Gorham. That mill, a fulling mill, was also located in West Yarmouth near today's Swan's Pond. A few years later, the team built this grist mill for grinding corn, and for many years it was operated by Baxter's sons, Thomas and Shubal. Baxter family members operated the mill for several generations then sold to members of the Baker family, who operated the mill until 1900.
As originally constructed, the mill featured an outside waterwheel. Because the level of Mill Pond was low and winter freezing caused much damage, the wheel was replaced with an interior power turbine around 1860. The mill operated for almost 200 years until about 1900, when electricity and commercial flour became readily available. The mill was restored in the 1960s by Harold Castonguay and George Kelley and given to the town of Yarmouth. It was the first site in Yarmouth to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places.



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