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Saturiwa Trail Tour Stop 13
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MARKER #13 – Mill Site
Near here are the remains of an old sugar mill or cotton gin from the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century. The only clue to the exact identity of this site was a circular earthwork with a central depression. Although an excavation in the 1960s unearthed three metal gears and 60 metal blades, these artifacts could not substantiate the exact use of this site. Old documents indicate John McQueen constructed a cotton gin on Fort George Island in the late 1700s or early 1800s. Alternatively, sugar milling activities were common in this area during the same time period. Perhaps future research will determine which activity was practiced here.
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Mill Site
Credit
Florida Park Service/NPS
Date Created
12/21/2021
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