
Old Mill Days at Bale Grist Mill Historic State Park
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Join the festivities as we celebrate harvest season in the Napa Valley at this annual family-friendly event! Come visit the Bale Grist Mill, enjoy a day of living history, food, music, and fun. Get a glimpse into history as we recreate the scene of when the Bale Grist Mill was first in operation in 1846. Visitors can participate in traditional farm chores, such as woodworking, corn husking & shelling, wheat threshing, butter making, pressing apples for cider, hand sewing, and rope making. Children can enjoy making corn husk dolls, planing wood slabs, hand washing clothes on washboards, sifting flour.


