A Mill in the Ozarks
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
A Mill in the Ozarks
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A beautiful mill located in the Missouri Ozarks. Morning light and no other visitors made it for a wonderful photo shoot.
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. The first mill was built in 1868. A post office was established, named after a prominent local farming family, Alley. From that day to this, the area has been nown as Alley Spring, Alley Mill, or just plain Alley. The present building was connstructed during 1893-1894 by George Washington McCaskill as a merchant mill. With a turbine rather than a water wheel, and with rollers rather than stone grist stones, it was considered to be very "high tech" for its day. It served the needs of the local community by processing the farmers' grain. Originally unpainted, it was first painted white with green trim, then later the famous red color associated with Alley Mill today.
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May 4th, 2015
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