Photograph- Drumore Mill, on Fishing Creek in Drumore Township. Known originally as Cowgill's Mill, it became the center of an industrial complex that included a sawmill, fulling mill, hemp mill and a distillery.
Photograph- Drumore Mill, on Fishing Creek in Drumore Township. Known originally as Cowgill's Mill, it became the center of an industrial complex that included a sawmill, fulling mill, hemp mill and a distillery.
Description
Drumore Mill, on Fishing Creek in Drumore Township. Known originally as Cowgill's Mill, it became the center of an industrial complex that included a sawmill, fulling mill, hemp mill and a distillery.
Mill built by Israel Penrose in 1842 on the site of George McCullough's mill built in 1743 on Fishing Creek. Also identified as Drumore Mill on Fishing Creek.
Provenance
Photographs from MG-15 Harold R. Barton Collection
Three women standing on the porch of a two story frame house with a stone wall with picket gate in front. Photograph is hand tinted. Written on front: "Down Home". Written on back: "Fishing Creek, Pa. Summer 1912. F. E. C."
Provenance
From MG-241 Jacob Murr Family Genealogy Collection.