Millstone
Mills, Parke County IN (0)
This millstone was pulled out of Raccoon Creek by a backhoe last year. The miller told me about it on my first ride to Bridgeton, in September 2006. Arsonists had burned the covered bridge down, and as I understand it, a backhoe operator found it when doing some cleanup work in the creek afterwards. Or perhaps it was during construction of the replacement bridge.
It is not obvious that it's a millstone, and it's not the usual type of millstone. It doesn't have a hole in the center for an axle. It might ...