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Glade Valley Mill: History and Paranormal

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The Glade Valley Mill Built in the 1850's the Glade Valley Mill in Woodsboro, Maryland has had a varied and interesting past. For me the Mill was a back drop to my married life always sitting next to my husbands grandparents home like a stately old dame, albeit lost and forlorn. From the time I had first laid eyes on the old building to the time that my brother in law purchased it in 2014, I had always wondering if people still walked the halls. Did they still go through their routines as if nothing were amiss? Originally the Glade Valley Mill was originally located in Troutville in the Legore Bridge Road area. The then flour mill was owned by Daniel Saylor. In the 1890's the structure was moved to Woodsboro by the new owner Anderson Etzler, now known as the Etzler Mill. The Glade Valley Milling Co. took over in 1904. It fascinates me endlessly to hear of these old structures moved today I cannot imagine the fascination of moving such a building in the 1890's. This m