Historic Sites - York Grist Mill/Home of Alvin C. York
24 York Grist Mill/Home of Alvin C. York
- The grist mill where Alvin York worked in his last years.
In this old grist mill, built on the Wolf River in 1880, and in the house across the road, World War I hero Alvin C. York spent his last years. Having been born and raised in the mountains of Tennessee, York said he wanted to be buried within sight of the Wolf River. He is buried near the mill, which he operated for twenty years after he bought it in 1943. In 1917, York enlisted in the All-American Division and became famous for single-handedly capturing 132 German soldiers and killing twenty-five in the Argonne Forest on October 8, 1918. For this accomplishment he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the French Croix de Guerre. The Tennessee General Assembly awarded him the Tennessee Medal for Valor. Later he established the Alvin C. York Institute for the education of mountain children. He died in 1964 at age seventy-seven.
York Grist Mill/Home of Alvin C. York
U. S. Highway 127,
Pall Mall, TN 38577
(931) 879-6456
