Haunted Timeline

Documented History

• c. 1810
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  Ralph Hunt builds the mill

  The earliest section of the mill is built by Ralph Hunt to process wool on the South Branch of the Raritan River.

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• 1828
  Fact

  Bray and Taylor take over

  John Bray and John B. Taylor run the woolen mill until 1834 and branch out into grinding feed, flour and stone plaster. The Taylors are also credited with renaming the town from Hunt's Mills to Clinton.

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• 1847
  Fact

  A grist and flour mill

  John F. Stiger and John A. Young buy the mill to grind flour and grist.

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• 1848
  Fact

  The Mulligan quarry

  Brothers Frank and Pat Mulligan buy the neighbouring limestone quarry. The family's lime kilns and stone business operate beside the mill for generations.

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• 1873
  Fact

  Grist upstairs, peach baskets below

  Philip Gulick buys the mill, grinding grist on the upper floors and making peach baskets on the first level.

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• 1892
  Fact

  Electricity for Clinton

  Gulick sets up the Clinton Illuminating and Water Co. on the mill's second floor, powering the town's street lamps.

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• 1905
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  Graphite and talc

  The Tomson brothers buy the mill. Production later moves from grist to graphite and then talc, earning the nicknames Black Mill and White Mill.

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• 1928
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  The mill falls silent

  The mill is sold to the Clinton Water Supply Company and ceases operations.

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• 1960
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  The Red Mill Five

  A group known as the Red Mill Five buys the derelict mill for $15,000. Volunteers repair the building and replace the roof and waterwheel.

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• 1963
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  A museum opens

  The Clinton Historical Museum opens to the public. The Mulligan quarry is donated to the museum in 1964.

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• 2002
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  Red Mill Museum Village

  After a spell as the Hunterdon Historical Museum (from 1996), the site takes its current name.

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