By Dena Wood
The Times
Mill Model is Labor of Love
Builders create historical replica as a "gift to the town"
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Waitsburg Historical Society member Anita Baker is pleased with the in-progress replica of Wait's Mill that will be on display behind the Wilson-Phillips House museum this weekend.
WAITSBURG – Waitsburg resident Kevin Blair and longtime friend Paul Baumgart, of Hayden, Ida., have spent the last seven months working on a detailed replica of Wait's Mill. The partially completed model will be on display behind the Wilson-Phillips House museum following Saturday's Celebration Days parade.
Blair (who wants no recognition and required major prodding before he would allow his name to be used) has traveled to Hayden regularly since November, to work with Baumgarten on the mill replica. Baumgarten has been creating hand-crafted miniature Old West buildings for years and buil...
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