Started getting this area cleaned up after removing the trees
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| Remnants of the shed over walnut and cherry boards |
These are the only good walnut boards left. I believe most are usable. These boards came from the Empire Sawmill that operated at the end of Empire Mill Road. It was owned by Padanaram, a commune that started in southern Indiana. The first mill had outgrown the commune and moved to a larger site near Bloomington in 1977 to make grade lumber, veneer logs, pallet wood and oak railroad ties, operated by commune-owned companies including Empire Wood Co. and Imperial Lumber Kilns Inc. By 2001, the mill was operating only intermittently. Although there were several other businesses by then, including a compost company, the decision was made a couple of years later to shutter the mill.
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