Wright Water Mill

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Wright Water Mill James Lawrence Wright water mill, Little Saline Creek, Miller County, Missouri, about 1902. The overshot wheel, turned by the pooled waters of the nearby 'Wright Spring,' powered both a grist mill and a carding machine. Left side is Billie Harrison's Sunday School class from the Tuscumbia Christian Church. Back row, Ethyl Moles and Billie Harrison; Front, L-R, Gardie Swanson, Gretchen Bacon, Anna McBride, Anna Clark, Hortense Swanson, Lura Clark, and Maude Clark. Right side is mill operatior, Green Lee Wright, son of James Lawrence Wright, and his young son, Charles I. 'Charlie' Wright. (Information Source: James Earl Thompson, 1893-1980, who lived on nearby Dry Creek and knew the parties)