Historic Lecture: McDonald's Mill
Venue: McDonald's Mill, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
Description:
The Blacksburg Historic Lecture Series invites you to attend an on-site lecture with Ned and Janet Yost at historic McDonald's Mill in Catawba on September 27th.

At least three mills were operated by five generations of the McDonald family at this site from the 1790's into the 20th century. The present mill dates to about 1861. When the mill was a center of business activity, big wagons, pulled by eight horses, hauled 300-pound barrels of flour, beef, hams, chickens and cheese to a Lynchburg market and returned with many supplies. A neighborhood dinner honoring young men leaving for service in the Civil War was held on the mill’s second floor.

For more information, visit: http://www.westernvirginialandtrust.org/green/articles/mcdonald%E2%80%99s-mill-property-preserved/

McDonald's Mill is located on Catawba Road around 3875 Catawba Road. A green McDonald's Mill sign marks the entrance.

The Historic Lecture Series is cosponsored by the Blacksburg Museum and Cultural Foundation and Historic Smithfield Plantation.

For more information, visit: http://www.blacksburghistory.org/?p=1220 or contact Terry Nicholson, Museum Administrator, at (540) 558-0746 or at museum@blacksburg.gov.

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