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Pierce Mill was the last of several grain mills operating on Rock Creek during an era when most American mills derived their power from small streams. It stood near an Indian site on land conveyed to Isaac Pierce by Revolution patriot William Deakins in 1794. The mill was built about 1820 by Isaac and Abner Pierce, inherited by a nephew, Pierce Shoemaker, in 1851, and operated until 1897. The Federal Government purchased it in 1890, and the National Park Service restored it in 1936.
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