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Hillsboro Mill
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View from dirt road of a group of people (possibly employees) standing around the loading dock of the Hillsboro Mill. There is a steep, snow-covered hill in the background. In 1865, locals Edward Klopfleisch, Otto Hammer, John Mollinger, and Ambrose Armbruster built the first grist mill in Hillsboro. These men and their families operated the mill until it was sold to the Vernon County Milling Company in 1908.
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Rockdale Mill
1885
View of the Rockdale mill, a grist and sawmill built in 1847 by Thomas and Nathan Van Horn. A group of people are standing on a sidewalk or loading dock on the right.
Prentice Creek Mill
circa 1890
Group portrait of five men standing on and near a horse-drawn wagon in front of a grist mill, a stone building on the side of a hill.
Grist Mill
Man posed standing on a bank in front of the grist mill located on Squaw Creek, probably operated by Narracong and later Loesching, and then possibly Johnson. There was a carding mill about half a ...
Otto and Mathilda Hammer
Otto and Mathilda Hammer in their large garden outside their home. Otto Hammer helped build the first sawmill in Hillsburo in 1855.
Hillsboro Brewery
circa 1900-1909
Elevated view of the Hillsboro Brewery when it was operated by Joseph Buzucha in the early 1900's.
Grist Mill
View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill are trees and a small pond.
