It’s the perfect time of the year to head out on a discovery mission to find Missouri’s mills. If you dip down into Ozark County, you’ll find Rockbridge and Hodgson Mills, fairly close to each other. I’ve been to both places twice this year, because they are the perfect sites to show off the ...
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A Visit to Dawt Mill
Ozark County is home to many mills – Rockbridge, Zanoni, Hodgson, Hammond and Dawt. My first trip to Dawt happened about 20 years ago during a conference, and it included a float trip. I remember being intrigued by the mill’s history and its massive presence on the North Fork of the White ...
Zanoni Mill
The Ozarks of Missouri are home to a wide variety of water mills from bygone days. Ozark County is home to five of these mills that can still be seen: Rockbridge, Hodgson, Dawt, Hammond and Zanoni. Zanoni Mill, located nine miles northeast of Gainesville on Highway 181, is now an event center and ...
A Trip to the Ozark Mill
On the convergence of the banks of the Finley River and the Ozark Trace, in Ozark, Missouri, stands the impressive (and some might say, imposing) Ozark Mill. On a beautiful autumn day, we visited the mill – courtesy of an invitation from Finley Farms. I had driven by the setting of the mill several ...
Off-Season Milling Around Missouri
I love to take Sunday drives – especially if they involve stopping at mills. What better way to spend some free time than to go off-season milling around Missouri? We just returned from visiting Hodgson and Rockbridge Mills, and from having a delectable lunch at the Rockbridge Trout Ranch ...