Early pioneers would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Communities often developed in areas where gristmills had been built. In The Gristmill young readers will find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as learn the answers to these questions:
• How does wheat become bread?
• Where was the gristmill located and why was it so crucial to a community?
• What jobs did the miller do?
• What was the source of power and how did it turn the grinding stones?