1343 : Eudes IV of Burgondy, Duke of Burgondy, Count of Burgondy (Franche-Comté), Count of Artois and grandson of Saint-Louis ordered the creation of the Mill the benefit of the monks of the priory of Val Saint-Benoit created in 1240 in the forest visible from the terrace. The priory is still in existence and occupied by nuns.
1347 : Trial between the monks and the lords of Lodges who want to reserve the right to water.
XVI siècle : The widow of Gaspard of Epinac takes control of the millestones (one of them now serves as a base for the fireplace). Without millstone, the wind is no longer useful and no longer generates tools paid by farmers fo milling flour. Never short of ideas, the monks uses the driving force of the waterfall to install a hemp beater.
1646 : Prior Gaspard de Pernes sold the mill to his brother Louis de Pernes, Comte of Epinac who transformed it into a blast furnace and a forge (this is where the name of the halmet comes from today). Due to it's activity the mill is called "the red mill". To feed this furnace where 20 blacksmiths work, the forest visible from to terrace is cleared.
1694 : On this date, we lost track of the activity of the forge. This date corresponds to the reform of forest administration by Colbert. The national forest of "Battées" visible from the terrace owes its name to this period. In the new rationalized forest management, the Batée is an area where felling is authorized every 25 years.
Century XVIII : The mill its original activity.
French revolution : The mill owend by Jules Charles Henri Duke of Clermont-Tonnerre, Marshal and Peer french wassold as national property to the Bonnamour family.