Today I stopped at the historic Zirkle Mill in Forestville to take a photo of the new historical marker. Here's what it says:ANDREW ZIRKLE MILL
"Built in the 1750s by the Zirkel brothers and owned by the Revolutionary War patriot Andrew Zirkle, the mill operated for 180 years. Flour milled here went to Boston when the harbor was blockaded after the Boston Tea Party and to the Continental Army in 1781. The building survived the burning of the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War because its miller hung a Union flag from the roof and pleaded with officers of Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer's cavalry for its safety. The mill contains its original millstones and the roller-milling equipment installed about 1900."
Department of Historic Resources 2007
The mill is located in Forestville on Quicksburg Road (767, which connects Route 11 with Route 42.) It is directly across from the picturesque old schoolhouse which is now operated by the Ruritans as a community center. It is not open to the public at this time.Zirkle is a fairly common name here in Shenandoah County and is sometimes spelled Zerkle.
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