Appalachia History of The Old Grist Mill and How they worked

I'm in my 70. I can remember going with my mother to have meal ground. In a family of five sisters, we wore many flour sack dresses . We were proud to wear our new dresses that our mother put many hours of love into making. Many thanks, Donnie, for sharing precious memories from our past. God 🙏 bless 🙏.

Morning Mr Donnie. This is so interesting to see how things were done back in the day. I love seeing old structures and learning the purpose of them. Thanks for sharing this with us. Lord bless my friend. See you next time.

Oh wow love this history about old gristmills and how they worked and operate great back in time history

Love the looking back at the history of times gone by. My parents, mother from Kentucky & father from Tennessee always love to live as they did growing up so at their farm in East Texas , we grew our food & I helped my mother can and put up every thing we grew. Daddy bought me a horse, and our chickens and pigs had good lives. Beautiful calves born every year...they were all pets ❤️ so thank you for the look back in time. Have a good weekend Donnie....and may the good Lord watch over and take care of you. 😊

Donnie...thanks for sharing this valuable piece of history that help keep the population fed. Blessings.

Good morning Donnie…I pray you are doing well 🙏🏻…Thank you for keeping our ancestors & their way of life alive….Nothing beats cornbread and milk and fresh vegetables right out of the garden ❤️Take care….God Bless & Lord willing I will see you next time 🙏🏻❤️💯🇮🇱☦️

Thanks brings back memories. We never went to mill. But I so enjoyed seeing them. I can remember my Grandma making clothes out of those sacks. 😁 I hate my kids missed this time. Thanks

We never had things like smart phones colored TV's and computers but we sure had some good times and lot's of fun. Thanks Donnie for the memories.

Good morning Donnie, that picture you showed of the cornbread made in an iron skillet is exactly how I make mine.I Like how nice and crispy it gets on the bottom. There's nothing like a good old pan of hot cornbread. It is amazing how hard people worked to make the corn meal. Thanks for sharing the history with us, your friend, Louise

Good Morning Donnie. You always bring us the most interesting topics. Those old mills were so necessary back in the day. I love seeing the old mill in Cades Cove. We have a reproduction mill wheel in our flower garden. Thank you for keeping history alive.

Good morning Donnie. What an absolute beautiful video....I just love watermills.....love to visit them. Thank you again. Have a great weekend.

Much enjoyed from the UK thank ❤

Hi Donnie, I'll be 70 on Monday, I'm from Fern Creek Kentucky, my mother died at 89 years old. We used to visit meals and buy cornmeal. My daughter got married in the Smoky mountains about 10 years ago. I took my mother to Cades cove, and each bought a sack, of cornmeal there. We got to watch the Korn get ground, and then , get the product. It's more coarse than the cornmeal you buy in a store. Mom would make me cornbread and it was unbelievable. And then she would use it to fry fish. We also used to bad at spring Mill Park in Indiana. Donnie thank you so much for this video, and teaching all of us how things used to work, the pioneers we're geniuses. And each meal had to be designed differently, according to the surroundings, and what they had to work with. Just incredible. I absolutely love this video. Thank you for preserving our history. Plus I love reading everyone's comments, if they talked this kind of thing in school kids would never leave. Thank you so much Donnie.

A big ole piece of bologna and a mater lol was the best….Donnie you sir 🫵🫵are the best an old soul like yours is valuable love hearing your stories god bless ya

Good morning my friend, love those old grist mills. Thanks for sharing and hope your doing well.

Greetings Donnie. I'm mid 60s. I remember a couple of these grist mills. Dad took our corn, wheat, and oats to the Hammermill. I used to like to watch them process it. Homegrown everything. Mom canned everything. Neighbors shared or traded fruits and vegetables. No one went hungry. Everyone worked on each other's farms to bring in major crops, and hay. Shucking corn in huge piles. Drying the shucks for the cows. Nothing was wasted. God got the praise for every single growing thing and every bite, and for the strength to work it. I still have an old quilt made with those pretty flour sacks. My mom, aunts, neighbors women all wore cotton dresses with aprons. Dad wore overalls every day except "Sunday go to meeting". My granny sure knew some tales. There is a working grist mill in Catawba county NC called Murray's Mill. It has a big water wheel. Mostly a tourist and local attraction. But they do grind cornmeal. I haven't been in years. Your video has me hankering for some good cornbread. If only I knew where I could buy non gmo white corn. Dad saved seeds from year to year. Kept separate from the corn bin. I used to get the shiny shovel and get in the wheat and oat bin to turn and "air" the grain. It always felt cool in the grainery. Thanks for the memories! Hope you're doing well.

My Husband and I own a mill. Thank you for sharing. I will use this to explain to guests.

Thanks for the video Donnie 😊 I sure hope these mills are around for another hundred years for people to enjoy looking at and seeing how their ancestors lived.

Wonderful Video Thank You,I Remember Those Old Water Mills When I was A Boy In Ireland. GOD BLESS YOU

Thanks Donnie I love old mills!