At the geographic center of Barnet, on the Stevens River, is Ben Thresher s Mill. The mill dates to 1872 and includes a woodworking shop that first specialized in wagon wheels and bodies, then in stone boats and other working sleds, and finally truck bodies and water tubs for cows. An adjacent blacksmith's forge allowed relevant metal work. A third section of the structure houses a hydraulic apple cider press. All the woodworking machinery is in working order, and it is belt-driven from a shafting arrangement in the cellar of the mill. The shafts are also belt-driven, and the primary power source is a water-powered turbine, backed-up by a gasoline engine. The mill dam, which provides the water source for the turbine, is presently in a state of disrepair. The last mill owner/operator was the talented and resourceful Ben Thresher. Year-round, from 1941 until his untimely passing in 1995, he operated a thriving mill, meeting the repair and fabrication needs of people from Barnet and neighboring towns