Keywords: The Shaw cabin and gristmill at Log Cabin Village, a living-history museum complex in Fort Worth, Texas, owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth LCCN2015630832.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Gift; The Lyda Hill Foundation; 2014; DLC/PP-2014 054 ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; The cabin that houses the mill was built by Thomas Shaw in 1854 Because of his exemplary skills as a carpenter and house builder Shaw became widely known throughout the county for his log cabin building It was with his help that many inexperienced homesteaders were able to erect log homes The mill is one of few remaining working gristmills in Texas Although the cabin was not originally a mill the milling equipment found inside dates to the mid-1860s The equipment came from a small mill owned by the Smith family of Moline Texas It was in continuous use for more than seventy years Then in 1930 it completely stopped operating Forty years later the City of Fort Worth purchased and installed it in and adjacent to the Shaw home on the village property ; Forms part of Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2014 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015630832 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/30500/30596a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 30596 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 30596 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M Highsmith Archive The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M Highsmith's America Project Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith |