Uncovering Africa 's past by cycling to historic grain mills combines adventure with a deep dive into cultural heritage. This ...

In 1688, Joseph Haviland was granted the right to build a two-story timber-frame tidewater mill at the end of Ocean ... that this will start happening with grain — a recognition of character.” ...

Boat operators would unload their grain from upriver. In 1810, a Baltimore enterprise built three huge mills to grind wheat and send the boats back home with a payload of manufactured goods.