Indiana - Mitchell

Garden - Pioneer Village, Spring Mill State Park

The mill near Mitchell, Indiana was built in the early 1800s because of the plentiful amount of water that came from a cave at the site. In 1825 Hugh and John Hamer of Albany, New York purchased the mill. Under the administration of Hugh Hamer various stores were opened in the village.  The garden looks as the garden would have looked when the Hamer family was there. The economy of the village began to decline when railroads brought competition to the area. By the late 1880s the mill was no longer in operation.

The mill has been preserved in the present day Spring Mill State Park. 

Gus Grissom was from Michell, Indiana. 

The Donaldson woods in the state park have had and have old growth trees in the forest.