The Inn At Gristmill Square
Waterwheel Restaurant
Waterwheel Restaurant
The Waterwheel Restaurant, located in the original gristmill building, offers selections such as fresh local trout, roast duckling and tournedos au poivre in an elegant country setting. Sunday brunch on the deck is a special treat.
Hours
- Serving dinner every day
- Sunday brunch is served from 11am to 2pm
Simon
Simon Kenton
(April 3, 1755 - April 29, 1836)
Kenton was a famous frontiersman and friend of the renowned Daniel Boone and the infamous Simon Girty.
A Virginian, Kenton was born in the Bull Run Mountains of Prince William County. At the age of 16, Kenton was involved in a duel over the attentions of a lovely young lady. He killed his rival and fled his Tidewater home, a fugitive from justice.
Kenton was briefly employed here at the Warm Springs Mill, working for miller Jacob Butler. Kenton went by the name "Simon Butler" until 1782, when he discovered that his supposed victim was in fact alive. He returned to Virginia, readopting his original name.
Kenton served as a scout against the Shawnee in 1774. In 1777, he saved the life of his friend and fellow frontiersman, Daniel Boone. The following year, Simon Girty rescued Kenton after his capture by the Shawnee. He served in the War of 1812 as both a scout and as leader of a militia group.
Kenton died in New Jerusalem, Ohio (in Logan County) and was first buried there. His body was later moved to Urbana, Ohio.
