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'''''The Secret of the Old Mill''''' is Volume 3 in the original [[The Hardy Boys]] book series published by [[Grosset & Dunlap]]. The book ranks 86th on [[Publishers Weekly]]'s All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States, with 1,467,645 copies sold [[as of 2001]]. [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA186995.html] This book is one of the "Original 10", generally considered to be the best examples of the Hardy Boys, and [[Stratemeyer_Syndicate|Stratemeyer Syndicate]], writing. |
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'''Arroyo Grande''' is a city in [[San Luis Obispo County, California|San Luis Obispo County]], [[California]], [[United States]]. The population was 15,851 at the 2000 census. |
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The Hardy boys learn a case of [[counterfeit]] money is somehow intertwined with a [[national security]] case their dad is working on. |
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Arroyo Grande is located at {{coor dms|35|7|15|N|120|35|12|W|city}} (35.120878, -120.586799){{GR|1}}. |
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Frank and Joe help prevent 14-year-old [[cyclist]] Ken Blake from getting killed in an accident. As they help the boy up they see he is delivering an [[envelope]] to Victor Peters, a name that means something to the Hardys later on in the book. |
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 5.7 [[square mile]]s (14.7 [[km²]]), all of it land. |
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The Hardys learn that their friend [[Chet Morton]] has been tricked when asked to make change for what turned out to be a counterfeit twenty dollar bill, something that the [[police]] later confirm is becoming more common in their town of Bayport. |
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==Demographics== |
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As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 15,851 people, 6,478 households, and 4,353 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,795.3 people per square mile (1,079.4/km²). There were 6,750 housing units at an average density of 1,190.3/sq mi (459.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.45% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.62% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.45% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 3.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.18% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.77% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.17% of the population. |
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Later, Joe is awakened by a clattering sound and sees a mysterious figure bicycling away from the Hardys' home. While investigating the disturbance a note is found that reads, "Drop case or else danger for you and your family." The Hardy boys are not sure if this threat refers to the counterfeiting case that Frank and Joe are investigating or another case their detective dad, Fenton Hardy, is trying to solve. |
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There were 6,478 households out of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.94. |
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The Hardys go with Chet, who wants to apply for a job at Elekton Controls, a [[missile]]-development company, but are told by Mr. Markel, one of Elekton's [[security guard]]s, that there are no openings. Before leaving, they notice a bike that looks similar to the one ridden by Ken Blake and that is likely to have been used by the person who left the threatening note. Mr. Docker, an Elekton maintenance man, tells them that Ken does odd jobs for the company, but that he is not there at that time, even though Joe is certain he saw Ken looking out an adjacent old [[watermill]]'s [[window]] at them. The Hardys, their [[girlfriend]]s, [[Callie Shaw]] and [[Iola Morton]], and Chet go nearby to have a picnic but an arrow is shot at them with an attached note reading, "Danger. Hardys beware." |
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In the city the population was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males. |
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The Hardy brothers receive a gift of a [[motorboat]] they call the ''Sleuth'', and show it to their friend, Tony Prito. Tony says the construction supply yard he is working at for the summer has become the latest to receive counterfeit money used to pay for lumber by a boy matching the description of Ken Blake. The Hardys take the ''Sleuth'' to the mill to investigate and find the mill wheel shutting on and off. Soon, they are attacked and left without gas in their new boat. They recover and get back to investigating by finding Ken who says he thinks someone has used his bike the same night that Joe saw someone bicycling from the Hardy's home. Markel and Docker pull Ken away and then a suspicious vehicle leaving Elekton. |
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The median [[income]] for a household in the city was $48,236, and the median income for a family was $55,494. Males had a median income of $41,304 versus $30,688 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $24,311. About 4.3% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.8% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over. |
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Later, the same suspicious vehicle gets away before an explosion at Elekton. Frank and Joe are terrified that their dad is inside the burning building. He was in the building but survives the explosion revealing that he was there to stop the attack after realizing there is a pattern to similar type attacks going on around similar companies in the United States. |
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==Politics== |
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In the [[California State Legislature|state legislature]] Arroyo Grande is located in the 15th [[California State Senate|Senate]] District, represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Abel Maldonado]], and in the 33rd [[California State Assembly|Assembly]] District, represented by Republican [[Sam Blakeslee]]. Federally, Arroyo Grande is located in [[California's 22nd congressional district]], which has a [[Cook Partisan Voting Index|Cook PVI]] of R +16<ref>{{cite web | title = Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? | publisher = Campaign Legal Center Blog | url=http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html | accessdate = 2008-02-10}}</ref> and is represented by Republican [[Kevin McCarthy (politician)|Kevin McCarthy]]. |
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Eager to learn more from Ken, the Hardys soon find that Ken has been released from Elekton. The Hardys find him at a boarding house and he explains that the bricks and lumber bought with the counterfeit money were being used for a project at the mill. Frank and Joe return to the old mill and realize that the wheel mill is set up to act as a signaling device for the people living inside; when it stops turning it acts a warning to those inside that someone is approaching the mill. Going inside the mill at a time when they know no one else is there, they discover a secret room hidden by the [[lumber]] bought with counterfeit money. In the secret room, they find the tools used to make the fake money with, but before they can get away the villains return to the mill. Frank and Joe escape through a tunnel but are captured by Docker and Markel. |
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==History== |
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Victor Peters arrives and these three villains reveal that Docker shot the arrow at the girlfriends and Markel used the bike to deliver the note to the Hardys' home. Docker and Markel also explain that, without the knowledge of Victor Peters, they allowed another villain, Paul Blum, into Elekton to attack the place, which is the case that Fenton Hardy was investigating. Blum reveals that he is working for other countries who wish to stop United States missile development. Frank and Joe take advantage of an opportunity and overtake the villains. The book ends with the police arresting all the villains and the expectation of the Hardys' next case when "they were called upon to solve the mystery of THE MISSING CHUMS." |
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The earliest [[inhabitant]]s of the Arroyo Grande [[valley]] were [[Chumash Indians]]. The first [[Europe]]an to see the area was [[Spain|Spanish]] [[explorer]] [[Juan Cabrillo]]. The [[Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa]] was established nearby, and [[agricultural]] activities expanded into the area. The Arroyo Grande valley was found to have particularly fertile ground, and was given the name for "wide riverbed" in Spanish. |
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[[Francis Ziba Branch]], originally from [[New York]], saw the area on a [[hunting]] [[expedition]] during the period when [[California]] was part of [[Mexico]]. Branch married Dona Manuela Carlona, and this [[marriage]] entitled Branch to file claim for a Mexican [[land grant]]. In 1836 he and his wife and baby son moved onto the 17,000-acre Santa Manuela [[Rancho]]. |
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They were managing a successful [[cattle ranching]] operation when California became a [[U.S. territory]], and then a [[U.S. State]]. But some years later they suffered financial difficulties during a [[drought]] when many [[cattle]] died. They sold off smaller parcels of land to [[settlers]]. In 1862, the [[San Luis Obispo]] [[Board of Supervisors]] established the [[township]] of Arroyo Grande. [[Businesses]] developed along a road called Branch Street to serve local [[agriculture]]. A [[railroad depot]] was built in 1882. The [[city]] of Arroyo Grande was [[incorporated]] on July 10, 1911. |
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==Environmental factors== |
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This community experienced rapid growth in the 1970s and 1980s, partially due to the expansion of the wastewater treatment plant, under an [[EPA]] Clean Water Grant, that removed a growth constraint. This federal grant progam required preparation of an [[Environmental impact assessment|Enivronmental Impact Report]], which document provided much of the initial environmental database for Arroyo Grande. |
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Arroyo Grande is located in a [[coastal]] [[ecosystem]] within the [[California floristic province]], and the habitats include forest, [[coastal prairie]], [[dune]]s and [[intertidal zone]]. |
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== Notable residents == |
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* [[Zac Efron]] - ''[[actor]] in Disney's [[High School Musical]] and several other movies'' |
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* [[Lou Ferrigno]] - ''actor in movies and TV shows, including [[The Incredible Hulk (TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' |
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* [[Horace Grant]] - ''retired [[United States|American]] [[basketball]] player'' |
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* [[Kyle Hoover]] - ''author of ''[[The House That Wisdom Built]]'' |
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*[[Mike White]] - director and editor of ''[[Bug Lord Apocalypse]]'' |
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==See also== |
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*[[Arroyo Grande High School]] |
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*[[Lopez Lake]] |
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*[[The Pit (mixed martial arts)]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.arroyogrande.org/ City of Arroyo Grande] |
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*[http://www.arroyograndecc.com/ Arroyo Grande Chamber Of Commerce] |
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*[http://www.southcountyhistory.org/ South County Historical Society] |
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*[http://www.lmusd.org/education/school/school.php?sectionid=6 Arroyo Grande High School] |
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*[http://www.lmusd.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=19 Paulding Middle School] |
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*[http://www.lmusd.org/ Lucia Mar Unified School District] |
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Revision as of 19:04, 10 October 2008
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| Author | Franklin W. Dixon |
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| Language | English |
| Series | The Hardy Boys |
| Genre | Children's literature/Young adult literature |
| Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | June 1, 1927 (Updated release in 1962) |
| Pages | 192 (Updated release page count: 174) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-448-08903-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
| Preceded by | The House on the Cliff |
| Followed by | The Missing Chums |
The Secret of the Old Mill is Volume 3 in the original The Hardy Boys book series published by Grosset & Dunlap. The book ranks 86th on Publishers Weekly's All-Time Bestselling Children's Book List for the United States, with 1,467,645 copies sold as of 2001. [1] This book is one of the "Original 10", generally considered to be the best examples of the Hardy Boys, and Stratemeyer Syndicate, writing.
Plot summary
The Hardy boys learn a case of counterfeit money is somehow intertwined with a national security case their dad is working on.
Frank and Joe help prevent 14-year-old cyclist Ken Blake from getting killed in an accident. As they help the boy up they see he is delivering an envelope to Victor Peters, a name that means something to the Hardys later on in the book.
The Hardys learn that their friend Chet Morton has been tricked when asked to make change for what turned out to be a counterfeit twenty dollar bill, something that the police later confirm is becoming more common in their town of Bayport.
Later, Joe is awakened by a clattering sound and sees a mysterious figure bicycling away from the Hardys' home. While investigating the disturbance a note is found that reads, "Drop case or else danger for you and your family." The Hardy boys are not sure if this threat refers to the counterfeiting case that Frank and Joe are investigating or another case their detective dad, Fenton Hardy, is trying to solve.
The Hardys go with Chet, who wants to apply for a job at Elekton Controls, a missile-development company, but are told by Mr. Markel, one of Elekton's security guards, that there are no openings. Before leaving, they notice a bike that looks similar to the one ridden by Ken Blake and that is likely to have been used by the person who left the threatening note. Mr. Docker, an Elekton maintenance man, tells them that Ken does odd jobs for the company, but that he is not there at that time, even though Joe is certain he saw Ken looking out an adjacent old watermill's window at them. The Hardys, their girlfriends, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, and Chet go nearby to have a picnic but an arrow is shot at them with an attached note reading, "Danger. Hardys beware."
The Hardy brothers receive a gift of a motorboat they call the Sleuth, and show it to their friend, Tony Prito. Tony says the construction supply yard he is working at for the summer has become the latest to receive counterfeit money used to pay for lumber by a boy matching the description of Ken Blake. The Hardys take the Sleuth to the mill to investigate and find the mill wheel shutting on and off. Soon, they are attacked and left without gas in their new boat. They recover and get back to investigating by finding Ken who says he thinks someone has used his bike the same night that Joe saw someone bicycling from the Hardy's home. Markel and Docker pull Ken away and then a suspicious vehicle leaving Elekton.
Later, the same suspicious vehicle gets away before an explosion at Elekton. Frank and Joe are terrified that their dad is inside the burning building. He was in the building but survives the explosion revealing that he was there to stop the attack after realizing there is a pattern to similar type attacks going on around similar companies in the United States.
Eager to learn more from Ken, the Hardys soon find that Ken has been released from Elekton. The Hardys find him at a boarding house and he explains that the bricks and lumber bought with the counterfeit money were being used for a project at the mill. Frank and Joe return to the old mill and realize that the wheel mill is set up to act as a signaling device for the people living inside; when it stops turning it acts a warning to those inside that someone is approaching the mill. Going inside the mill at a time when they know no one else is there, they discover a secret room hidden by the lumber bought with counterfeit money. In the secret room, they find the tools used to make the fake money with, but before they can get away the villains return to the mill. Frank and Joe escape through a tunnel but are captured by Docker and Markel.
Victor Peters arrives and these three villains reveal that Docker shot the arrow at the girlfriends and Markel used the bike to deliver the note to the Hardys' home. Docker and Markel also explain that, without the knowledge of Victor Peters, they allowed another villain, Paul Blum, into Elekton to attack the place, which is the case that Fenton Hardy was investigating. Blum reveals that he is working for other countries who wish to stop United States missile development. Frank and Joe take advantage of an opportunity and overtake the villains. The book ends with the police arresting all the villains and the expectation of the Hardys' next case when "they were called upon to solve the mystery of THE MISSING CHUMS."
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