Two men stand on the porch of a multi-level wood building in this 7-3/4" x 5-1/4" black and white photograph. Sacks of flour rest on the porch between the men. Two horses are hitched to a wooden wagon in front of the building.
Fillmore Mills was located 4 miles north of Grafton on Section 1, T8, R4W on the West Blue River. Built by Judge C.M. Northup, it was known for miles around and had many customers. It was all that remained of the town of Fillmore City for many years. At the beginning of World War I, it was abandoned and torn down. This was before the days of heavy truck transportation, and the mill was handicapped by not being nearer to a railroad. It was owned by ? Wright, Jasper Culver, M.C. Conwell (1890), S.A. Frederick (1900), and dismantled in 1918.
