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Milling heritage fuels Frederick County’s enduring wheat fame
Frederick County, once the nation’s top wheat producer, hosts a rich milling legacy from 18th century mills along creeks and rivers. historian Ivan Lufrin details wheel types, millwrights, and the shift from raw grain to flour, noting Union Mills and Kelly’s Mill as enduring touchstones and a rock marker dated 1819.
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Garnett Wisner
Walkersville
Frederick
Frederick County
Wisner
Free State
United States
Ivan F. Lufrin
Lufrin
Maryland
Oliver Evans
Yesteryear
Ceresville
Kelly
Kelly Brother
David
Andrew Shriver
Big Pipe Creek
Union Mills
Monrovia
West Indies
Europe
Luria
Willowdale
Jefferson
Mary
Dan Poole
Mary Catherine Gordon
Feaster Mill
Mr. Poole
Jacob Feaster
Pooles
Poole
Feaster
Peaster
John Long
Baltimore
Willowdale Farm
Carroll County
Grayson Bowers
Ivan Lufrin