Hopewell township

Millstones From Broad Top Mountain

Did you know? In 1883 the only grist mill in Hopewell Township was one whose first millstones had been quarried on Broad Top Mountain.

Henry Putt built it at Puttstown in 1842. It started as a log mill with one run of stones, turned by the water of Shoup's Run. In 1853 the old log mill was taken down and a framed mill put up in its place.

Shoup's Run did other work too. A carding and cloth dressing mill on the run was turned into a tannery in 1857, and after new steam machinery came in 1882 it could handle two thousand five hundred hides a year.

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Sources

J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (1883)

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Terrace Mountain near Huntingdon, PaLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication · 2017660277

Raystown lake Region late FallPhotograph by Ron Shawley, 8 November 2014. Licensed CC BY 3.0; reused with credit · Raystown lake Region late Fall - panoramio (64).jpg

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