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Article: West Virginia beckons with Babcock State Park
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- March 29, 2009
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CLIFFTOP, W. Va. -- The old mill along Glade Creek is very
photogenic. In fact, some feel that it is the quintessential West
Virginia photographic subject. Interestingly, the Glade Creek Grist
Mill at West Virginia's Babcock State Park is a re-creation.
A mill once existed on splashy Glade Creek. It was called
Cooper's Mill and was across the stream from where the re-creation
stands.
The basic structure of the new mill came from the Stoney Creek
Grist Mill that dates back to the 1890s. It stood near Campbelltown
in Pocahontas County. It was dismantled and moved piece by piece to
the state park.
Only the overshot water wheel could be salvaged after a fire hit
the Spring Run Grist Mill near ...