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When he built his Indian River Grist Mill Virgil White designed it to be easily skidded to a new location. This February 7, 2004 move was the third? fourth? time Virgil had to move his Grist Mill, to make way for new permanent buildings. All pictures by Greg Hayden.

Top left: That is Virgil White on the left back to camera, Paul Kuns middle and Dan Jaques on the track. You can see the west side of our California Barn to the east. Between Paul Kuns and the tractor you can catch a glimpse of our Sawmill. Here Virgil and Paul are hooking up tow chains. Top right: first the building was skidded to the west and turned so it was trending NW/SE, then the track and tow chains were disconnected and the track brought around to the opposite end. You can see our Robert T. Johnson Harvester Barn up on the hill behind the track. Below left: hooking up again. Below right: Sharon, Mrs. Virgil White, in red, arrives for the ride.

Above left: Our Gift Shop Lady and Show Chair Glenda Garrison, purple top, joins Sharon for the ride. In the foreground you can see parts of logs stacked at our Sawmill. Above right: Towing east. In the background of both above pictures you can see some of our antique harvester equipment. Below left and right, towing North between the fence along our parking lot and our California Barn.

Above right: this is as far as the track can tow. Out of frame to the left is our entry welcoming sign amidst flower beds. Below left: the track was unhooked and driven around the sign out into the road. Below right: Then the track winch cable was connected to the building for the final positioning.

Above left: final positioning on the level compacted Decomposed Granite pad, with a twelve inch pvc drain pipe buried beneath, that Dan and Virgil built that day with the track, a back hoe / loader, and shovels. Above right: left to right, Paul Kuns, Dan Jaques, Virgil White, Sharon White and Glenda Garrison. Below, Glenda switches sides. In the background of these last nine east view pictures, you can see Gaujome Park Academy permanent steel, brick and mortar buildings under construction. Like most new schools in California, when first built GPA was a campus of Portable Classrooms -- ie: trailers.

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