Mill Mechanics
Local History
Mill Evolution
Textiles
Safety and Vol Guidelines
100
Country of origin of the millstones in the Graue Mill
(Opportunity for BONUS points available with specifics!)
Where is...
France?
BONUS +50 if you said southeast or east of Paris
BONUS +100 if you said Marne Valley
BONUS +150 if you mentioned that Graue's buhrstones were probably purchased locally from a distributor who had them imported!
100
The first name of the European settlement in the area of Fullersburg Woods
What is...
Brush Hill?
100
Year that the Graue Mill was established
What is...
1852?
100
Foot-powered machine used to make wool into thread
What is...
Spinning wheel?
100
Website or app used to sign up for shifts
What is...
VicNet?
200
The type of waterwheel once used to power our gristmill
What is...
Undershot waterwheel?
200
Nation of people who lived on Salt Creek before European settlement
Who are...
the Potawatomi?
200
Year the waterwheel was replaced by a steel turbine
When is...
1868?
200
Plant which can be processed into linen
What is...
Flax?
200
Location of fire extinguisher on first floor of the Mill
What is...
Near the millstones?
300
Machine used to sift flour into different grades
What is...
a bolter?
300
Original name of Ogden Avenue
What is...
The Southwest Plank Road?
300
Side of the building that the steam boiler was located
What is...
East side of the building?
300
Tool used to carry your weft through your warp on a loom
What is...
a shuttle?
300
Where to view opportunities to participate in school tours
What is...
Fullersburg FYI or VicNet?
400
Three methods of powering a gristmill in the 1850s
What is...
- Water
- Wind
- Steam
- Animal (oxen, donkeys)
- Tides
If you said "electricity", -50 points
400
Name of the Potawatomi leader said to have sent word of danger to local settlers during the Black Hawk War
Who is...
Shabbona?
400
Owner of the mill after William Graue
Who is...
Francis Osgood Butler?
400
Fabric made with a linen warp and woolen weft
What is...
Linsey-woolsey?
400
Location of Emergency Action Plan binder inside of the Mill
Where is...
Behind the front desk/in the Employee Nook?
500
Name and location of the company who manufactured Graue's water turbine
What is...
The James Leffel Company in Springfield, Ohio
500
Three verified Underground Railroad sites (on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom) in DuPage County
What is...
The Sheldon Peck Homestead, the Blodgett House, and Blanchard Hall at Wheaton College?
500
Year that the Civilian Conservation Corps began work on the Graue Mill
What is...
1936?
500
Substance (typically an inorganic oxide) used to make dyes more vibrant
What is...
a mordant?
500
AED location in the Mill
What is...
On the East wall of the mill, just in front of the display millstones