(Cleveland NM) The Cleveland Roller Mill was built in the late 1800s, and operated until the early 1940s. In a three story, adobe building, with waterwheel power from the nearby Mora River, it served the Mora Valley wheat farmers for almost a century. It is open for visitors to see on weekends. This mill used […]
(Greer MO) Falling Spring was on the way to my next camp, and about 3 miles down a narrow gravel road into the Mark Twain National Forest. Not a part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, but instead was several miles south. A family from Tennessee had homesteaded the site around 1851. It was an […]
(Eminence MO) Part of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways … Alley Spring was in a beautiful setting, and next to it was Alley Mill. The mill was restored nicely with the original machinery still inside that was used for processing the grain. It used rollers instead of grinding stones, and a submerged turbine rather than […]