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Entrepreneur Ralph Hunt completed the finishing touches on his Hunterdon County woolen mill in 1810. The mill seat, located in northwestern New Jersey, was perched along a branch of the Raritan River. The dammed up river provided the mill with a steady flow of raw power, feeding an undershot wheel from the millrace. Although the mill put the town's people to work, Hunt's enterprise proved unprofitable over the years. Hunt eventually defaulted on his loan and lost all the family's property on both sides of the river. A string of subsequent owners, branching out into numerous mill operations, continued to struggle to prove the mill a success. Businesses varied from milling flour to grinding graphite and talc.
Today, the Red Mill Museum Village occupies the site were Spruce Run joins the Raritan River. This peaceful area is the perfect place for the museum's special events and programs. Along with concerts and week-long music-fests, the mill itself offers a collection of 40,000...

Born in western Pennsylvania, Ben quickly discovered that his parents were passionate about travel, photography, oil painting and wildlife. Being the youngest member of his family, he grew up exploring much of the eastern half of the United States at an early age with his older brothers. Ben's photography is about that part of his youth, echoing that same passion that his parents had of the Great Outdoors. Visit