Red Mill Sunrise
by Michael Ver Sprill
Title
Red Mill Sunrise
Artist
Michael Ver Sprill
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Ralph Hunt built the earliest section of this Mill to process wool sometime around 1810. His wool business failed, however, thanks to a permanent downturn in the market for domestic cloth. By 1820 Ralph confessed to the Census that the establishment has been doing very little for two or three years past. The demand for sale of the cloths and sattinets are very dull, a few of the farmers get their wool manufactured, but from the low prices of foreign cloths. Things did not improve and Ralph lost all of the familys property, more than 400 acres and mills on both sides of the river. He defaulted on his mortgage, and the Taylor family took ownership.
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November 28th, 2016
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