Located in Pall Mall, Tennessee on Rt 127
#70 on the Top Secret TN Trailway
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Park and Grist Mill is FREE to enjoy!
I believe there is a fee for the house tour..
Tony and I went to Cordell Hull Birthplace and Bunkum Cave Loop Trail. At the Visitors Center we found a brochure about this State Park and realized it was only 17 miles away...so WHY NOT?
We left Hull park on Rt 325, at the intersection at TN-111 we turned left and went through Byrdstown. Continued to the Kentucky border, where we then turned onto TN-127 South (never crossing the border). On our way to Pall Mall, TN. This back road is very windy but beautiful farm country. We passed "Forbus General Store" est 1892. ( See separate page on this store)
On down the road about two miles, you see a Large Green Bridge that you will need to cross but not yet. Just before the bridge on right there is the sign for Sergeant Alvin C York Memorial Grist Mill Park. There is a large parking lot.
You will also find many picnic tables with grills, a covered picnic shelter, restrooms and playground.
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| Signs warning you to swim at your own risk. |
After parking, we strolled down to the Grist Mill. It is brightly painted Red and there is a waterfall. Also a little beach area. You can swim but you the signs warn to SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK. People were there enjoying the 60 degree weather, touring the free Grist Mill, picnicking and flying frisbees. A very nice quiet park.
Inside the mill, there is lots of equipment to look at. It is all open and free and very historical and informative.
The park is dedicated as a memorial to Sgt Alvin York and across the Green bridge is the home and many historical outbuildings. Sgt. Alvin C. York State Historic Park is a state park in Pall Mall, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Situated along the Wolf River, the park contains the farm and gristmill once owned by decorated World War I soldier Alvin C. York (1887–1964), who lived in the Pall Mall area for most of his life. Along with the millhouse and milldam, the park includes York's two-story house, York's general store and post office, the Wolf River Cemetery (where York and his family are buried), the Wolf River Methodist Church, the York Bible Institute, an M247 Sergeant York tank, and various picnic facilities
- The York Mill, located at a bend in the Wolf River just downstream (and across the street) from the York house. Built around 1880, the mill consists of a two-story frame millhouse mounted atop pillars of stacked rocks. A milldam diverted water through a millrace, where it turned the mill's large turbine (when it was operational, the turbine was almost completely submerged).[8] After the state purchased the mill in 1967, a new roof and a new coat of paint were added.[8] The mill is no longer operational.
After we finished at the Mill and looking around. We drove on down to the next town Jamestown, Tennessee for lunch!!!
Additional links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Alvin_C._York_State_Historic_Park
Official State Park Website
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