PA PARKS \ McConnell's Mill

A guided tour and a program about grains are on tap for today at McConnell's Mill State Park, near Portersville, Pa.
Stone Ground Grain Day: Visitors and participants will have a chance to try various types of breads and pies made from stone ground grains bought locally. They also will get a sense of how these items were prepared during the mid-1800s and early 1900s. This event is from noon to 3 p.m. today at the Old Mill.
Through Jenny McConnell's Eyes: Those interested can gather at 12:30 p.m. today in the Mill courtyard for this half-hour costumed guided tour. The milling business, the area around the mill and community life in the 1880s will be discussed from a woman's point of view.
The park also offers two, half-hour, corn-grinding demonstrations beginning at 1 and 3 p.m., as well as two, 45-minute historic grist mill tours that start at 2 and 4 p.m. today. The mill tours take participants through the history of how grain was transformed into flour. Both are Saturdays and Sundays at the Old Mill.
For more information about McConnell's programs, call Jackie Kline, park naturalist, at (724) 368-9320.