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Dellinger Grist Mill on Cane Creek in the Heart of the North Carolina Mountains
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Dellinger Grist Mill on Cane Creek, located at Hawk, NC, just four miles east of Bakersville on State Road 1211 ( Cane Creek Road ) was established by Reuben Dellinger in 1867. It has been in the Dellinger family for over 150 years...operated by Reuben, David and Marvel Dellinger, my great grandfather, grandfather, and father, respectively, from 1867-1955. It was restored by Jack Dellinger ( myself ) in 1997-2000 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. I currently grind corn into cornmeal and grits utilizing the same time-honored methods and machinery my ancestors used.
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YOUNG'S FUEL SERVICE in Bakersville is carrying my meal and grits, as well as The Orchard at Altapass. Also SALLIE'S MOUNTAIN VIEW restaurant in Bakersville is serving cornbread made from Dellinger Mill cornmeal.
Our times of operation are every third week of the month, Monday-Saturday for the months May-September, every day except Sundays in October and November. We will grind corn, conduct tours and have demonstrations 10:00 am - 4:00 pm on open days, (excepting Wednesdays and Thursdays, which are reserved for commercial grinding ), with conditions permitting.
The tentative 2010 schedule is:
May 15, 17-22, 25-29
June 1-3, 7-12,14-19,21-26
July 12-17, 19-24
August 16-21, 23-28, 30-31 ( Music Festival Possible )
September 1-4,6-9, 13-18
October 8-November 27, except Sundays.
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Welcome to Dellinger Grist Mill on Cane Creek. Either email us, or call at (828) 688-1009 NC or (850) 476-0103 FL or cellphone 404-431-3999.
Group tours are available with advance reservations.
SORRY I cannot grind local corn unless it has been approved by the NC Dept. of Agriculture in Raleigh. They found me last May and inspect once/month.
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Cornmeal, and grits are available, ground from the finest USDA and North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture approved, mountain grown corn. I have also published a book "Dellinger Grist Mill on Cane Creek" ( a history of the Mill, my family, and the surrounding area 1861-2000 ) which is also available on site. Meal and grits are $5.00 each; the book is $15.00 per copy. Tours are free. DVD's created on a tour ( about an hour in time ) in October, 2007, describing the history of the Mill and it's detailed operation, and demonstrating it grinding corn as it did in 1867, 1901, and 1955 are available for $10 each. All products are available at the Mill, The Orchard at Altapass, and at Young's Fuel Service in Bakersville.
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Explore the history of the North Carolina mountains with Jack Dellinger, Miller, Author, and Manual Laborer. ( Retired IBM computer engineer,"rocket scientist", computer consultant )
Directions to Dellinger Mill:
From I-40 in North Carolina or I-81 in Tennessee and from the Blue Ridge Parkway:
Go to Bakersville, the county seat of Mitchell County, NC.
There is one traffic light in Bakersville and it is located adjacent to the courthouse. Turn onto Mitchell Avenue going east, which becomes Cane Creek Road ( State Road 1211 ) as you leave Bakersville. Go exactly four (4) miles, with no turns. Dellinger Mill has a large sign on the right side of the road. The mill parking lot is near the Mill, down the access road on the right side of Cane Creek Road.
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 jackdellinger@bellsouth.net
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