Zerobear Polybear started a discussion of all things cornbread several weeks ago with his cornbread recipe. A mention was made of Sciple's water-powered mill in Kemper County. Visiting the mill is a step back in time as Sciple's makes flour, grits, and of course, corn meal, the old-fashioned way - make that the 1790's way. Enjoy the trip to the past posted below. Oh yes, the Bear included his peach cobbler recipe as well.
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We're big fans of Sciple's Mill too. And that peach cobbler looks so good! Thanks for the recipe.
As a youngster, my elders would always point out the carvings into stone near riverbanks and river beds where the footing for gristmills used to be. They used to be so common and necessary for survival in the last centuries
This is an excellent good ZBPB article.
Reminds me of Jerry Skinner’s YouTube channel about places and history in Mississippi.
Great article, thank you. I never knew Mississippi had such a treasure.
Great article!
I used to go there with my granddaddy back in the '60s & '70s to have his corn ground. It wasn't an attraction at the time, just a simple working mill.
All it is now is a simple working mill. If I sounded otherwise, I wrote my story wrong. I doubt Sciples Mill has changed any at all since the 60s, except skilled miller Ed Sciple Sr. is no longer with us and has been replaced by skilled miller Ed (Eddie) Sciple Jr.
I bet the Mill Opry was already there is the 60s. If not, then probably the Mill Store was still in operation.
Great write up sir, thank you for sharing this with us. I have been saying I am going to see that place for years. I am going to plan a trip soon. Really cool that they have kept it in operation.
There is a mill site about a mile from my house back in the woods, at our family swimming hole. The road to and through the site used to be a public road. Folks think of it as a logging road now. Used to be folks living in those woods. There are holes and trenches in the rocks where the mill foundation once was. In two spots there are some wood remnants still in place where being submerged has preserved them. I have sat on those rocks many hours trying to imagine what the mill looked like.
Thanks again for sharing.
Incredible post ZB, many thanks. Made me think of my long-passed grandparents (born in 1890) and how there's just no comparison to those old-timey memories of people, places, and things that built America.
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