William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County,
Indiana (New Albany IN: Tribune Company Printers) 1911, p. 14-15.
The mills originally used for "cracking corn" in Harrison County were known
as "horse mills." The first mill to be propelled by water power was built
by Moses Boone on Buck Creek about four miles from the Ohio River in 1806.
In the fall of the same year Harvey Heth erected a second mill on Buck Creek
about a mile above Boone's mill. The next year Gov. William H. Harrison
built a water power mill at Wilson's Spring on Blue River. For several
years the settlers of Harrison County went to Shepherdsville, Kentucky, for
their provisions. Shepherdsville was many miles away, but it was then the
nearest trading post and trips were not frequently made for the reason that
the cornfield and abundant supply of wild game furnished the chief
subsistence of the early settlers.