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Samuel Chidester and his brothers settled in Rogues' Hollow in 1828. The Chidester brothers built a log cabin and then built a sawmill. Wood produced from the sawmill was used to built the woolen mill. Samuel Chidester had learned the woolen business in Wooster where he worked for the Stibbs Woolen Mill for 8 years. The Chidester brothers constructed a dam on Silver Creek, a millpond and millrace.
The woolen business at Chidester Mill was good during the spring and summer. During the fall and winter Samuel ran his operation as a sawmill to supplement his income. He was a creative entrepreneur. Chidester built an icehouse at the millpond and, in the winter, cut the ice and stored it. He installed a large ice cream freezer and ran it with waterpower. Samuel Chidester then obtained salt from the Wadsworth Salt Company and produced ice cream at the mill.
Today the Chidester Mill is a reproduction of the original mill building. The building houses Rogues' Hollow Historical Society. There is a wooden waterwheel in place but there is no water channeled...
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Great place, sure has changed from my high school days. It was very rustic back then and we use to head up there and have some crazy fun time’s talking about Cry Baby bridge, and seeing the blue eyes along the waters edge at 11pm. There was an old lady that lived just out of the Hollow that had all the scoop and stories, even had a book for sale she was a fun person to talk with. Yup spent a lot of time in that area back in the day. Good to see it still around even though it’s much more refined now. The story’s are still fun. Check it out and enjoy during the day. And return and be prepared to see it in a whole different...
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Beautiful park with nice hiking trails, but it's closed this time of year and it's home of the one of the countries supposed cry baby bridge. I would like to thank the owners for opening it up for the Boy Scouts every year for their fall campout. They had another fun time this...
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