Two Hundred years ago,

The John Staples Plantation

Occupied the land

On the Upham Branch,

John Staples built his mill.

The Staples Mill stone

ground corn by water power.

The Staples Mill rotated two stones over the corn.

During recent times, one stone was stolen.

The remaining stone is still on the property,

the Hamlet Condominiums

on Staples Mill Road