Edwin Boston Mabry build the Mabry Mill in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is one of the most photographed places in the United States. The mill is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is now run by and National Park Services and has several hundred thousand visitors each year. He was one of the fifth generations of Mabry's to live in this part of VA.
The mill was first use as a blacksmith and wheelwrite shop, then became a saw mill, and then in 1905 it was a gristmill. By 1910 the mill was completed in the front and it included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw.
He was described as a easy going honest and hard working man. He left no children behind.
The mill was first use as a blacksmith and wheelwrite shop, then became a saw mill, and then in 1905 it was a gristmill. By 1910 the mill was completed in the front and it included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw.
He was described as a easy going honest and hard working man. He left no children behind.
Edwin Boston Mabry build the Mabry Mill in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is one of the most photographed places in the United States. The mill is located on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is now run by and National Park Services and has several hundred thousand visitors each year. He was one of the fifth generations of Mabry's to live in this part of VA.
The mill was first use as a blacksmith and wheelwrite shop, then became a saw mill, and then in 1905 it was a gristmill. By 1910 the mill was completed in the front and it included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw.
He was described as a easy going honest and hard working man. He left no children behind.
The mill was first use as a blacksmith and wheelwrite shop, then became a saw mill, and then in 1905 it was a gristmill. By 1910 the mill was completed in the front and it included a lathe for turning out wheel hubs, a tongue and groove lathe, a planer and a jig-saw.
He was described as a easy going honest and hard working man. He left no children behind.
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