Algonquin Mill Festival

 I like a good fall festival, and this year we decided to go to the Algonquin Mill Fest in Carrollton. 

It was a beautiful 75 degree day as well, so their were a lot of people out and enjoying the exhibits.

They had the grounds set up like an early pioneer village. 

Here are a few pictures of just some of the many things they had going last Saturday.



Here is a steam-powered sawmill.  You can see the steam engine at work here.



Here is the very large saw blade. 



Here they are "squeezing" sorghum cane.  It's obviously horse-powered, with the man feeding the canes in.

Here you can see the "juice" being extracted.



Here is the flour and corn meal mill; also steam-powered.



Inside they had three machines going.  One for whole wheat flour, one for buckwheat flour, and one for corn meal.



Here is the cookie house and the cheese house.  They also had apple dumplings.  I'm having one of those next year.



Of course, what pioneer village doesn't have a school house.  LittleJ decided to relax and enjoy his cookie.



They also had cider, homemade bread, soup, chicken bbq, a two-story log home with spinners and weavers, and many craft booths as well.  And no large "fair food" wagons.  Nope.  Not here.  Everything was homemade.  There was a fudge lady, and one tent with some wonderful looking pumpkin rolls. 

I can't wait to attend this festival again next year.  I definitely consider this one a favorite OH field trip.