tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389742498038772281.post4725375816544928477..comments2024-03-06T23:56:19.386-06:00Comments on Ainsworth, Indiana: Timber Required for a Grist MillAinsworthianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17051177319922707157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389742498038772281.post-15396473576746260682017-02-27T15:27:10.994-06:002017-02-27T15:27:10.994-06:00Tom here. Hoping I have time to investigate this s...Tom here. Hoping I have time to investigate this someday somehow.<br />No time now, but let's consider who else would be planning a grist mill in 1846 in Lake County and draw up a timber list?<br /><br />It sure as heck wasn't John Woods, who had his hands full fighting beavers and woodchucks, and had a brick mill upstream.<br /><br />There must be some examples of George Earle's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389742498038772281.post-55227850259949893162017-02-26T20:58:12.033-06:002017-02-26T20:58:12.033-06:00Yes, those things would be worth investigating ......Yes, those things would be worth investigating ... by someone who has the time, i.e., not me.Ainsworthianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051177319922707157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8389742498038772281.post-68226159612719511352017-02-26T20:53:47.868-06:002017-02-26T20:53:47.868-06:00I think this is pretty dang exciting, but I'm ...I think this is pretty dang exciting, but I'm a history geek.<br />What else could it be but George Earle's shopping list for lumber?<br />It was found in the museum, where someone who cared made sure it ended up.<br />There must be other examples of George Earle's handwriting to compare to.<br /><br />It would be easy to use the scale mill in the museum to calculate the lengths of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com