BECK'S MILL IS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. THIS IS THE THIRD GRISTMILL ON THAT SITE. THE FIRST WAS BUILT IN 1808 BY GEORGE BECK, SR. BY 1825 THE FIRST MILL WAS NOT BIG ENOUGH TO HOUSE THE NEW MACHINERY, SO A SECOND MILL WAS BUILT. THAT MILL WAS BURNED 1N 1863, IT IS SAID, BY MORGAN'S RAIDERS IN THE CIVIL WAR. THE PRESENT MILL WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1864 AND IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. -----INK and WATERCOLOR