Crystal Mill The Crystal Mill, or the Old Mill is an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Colorado, United States. It is accessible from Marble, Colorado via 4×4. Although called a Watermill, it is more correctly denoted as a compressor station, which used
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Paydown Mill The Paydown Grist Mill sitting near the Gasconade River on Mill Creek not far from Vienna, is one of mills that has an interesting past with the Civil War. According to records. many goods were supplied thru the general store at Paydown to the U.S. Government for troops
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Bollinger Mill State Historic Site After receiving a Spanish land grant, George Frederick Bollinger led a group of families from North Carolina to this area and in 1800 began construction of a mill and dam on the Whitewater River. The mill quickly became successful and by the 1820s, a road
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Dillard Mill Dillard Mill is one of Missouri’s best-preserved examples of a water-powered gristmill. Sitting along the clear-flowing Ozark stream, Huzzah Creek, the red mill is nestled among trees and near water cascading over a rock dam, creating a picturesque setting. Dillard Mill is the second mill structure at this
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Star’s Mill The property that became Starr’s Mill was owned by Hananiah Gilcoat who built the first mill here before his death in 1825. This site, on Whitewater Creek, was less than a mile from the boundary between Creek Indian lands and the State of Georgia. Hilliard Starr, who owned
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Boxley Mill Villines Mill, also known as Boxley Mill or Whiteley Mill, was originally built circa 1840 by Abner Casey in the Buffalo River valley, in what is now Buffalo National River. After becoming known as Whiteley Mill, the mill was at the center of a Civil War skirmish known
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Klepzig Mill Walter Klepzig Mill and Farm is a historic farm and sawmill and national historic district located in the Ozark National Scenic Riverways near Eminence Missouri. The district encompasses three contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and one contributing structure associated with an early-20th century Ozark farm and mill. It developed between about 1912 and 1936 and includes
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Montauk Mill The grist mill was built in 1896 replacing an earlier mill built in 1870. It was rehabilitated in 1935 by Company 1770 of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It is a 21⁄2-story frame building with a multi-gable roof and stone foundation. It features a central tower-like extension above the
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Falling Spring Mill The spring, known as Falling Spring because it pours out of the rock as a small waterfall, provided power for two mills. The second mill, which still stands, was built between 1927 and 1929, Falling Spring Mill, was used to grind corn for feed, saw out shingles,
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Alley Spring Mill The Alley Community… A Gathering Place Alley was home, farm, and school for people who lived here a century ago. Dances, baseball games, and roller skating were all part of Alley’s busier days. John Knotts purchased the 80 acre site in 1902 and diversified the enterprises to
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