Bolles Flour Mill

Bolles Flour Mill (HMECK)

Location: Afton, MN 55001 Washington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 54.533', W 92° 46.843'

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About 1843, six years before Minnesota became a territory, Lemuel Bolles erected on this creek the first commercial flour mill in the Minnesota country. Bolles salvaged wood from the shore of Lake St. Croix and carried it on his back to the mill site a mile and a half upstream. Lacking nails, he used wooden pegs in the construction of a small mill. First built for grinding corn and wheat, the mill was later remodeled and was in operation as late as 1875 when Bolles died. The stream on which the mill was built became known as Bolles Creek.

Erected by the Washington County Historical Society in cooperation with the Minnesota Highway Department · 1959
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HM NumberHMECK
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Year Placed1959
Placed ByThe Washington County Historical Society in cooperation with the Minnesota Highway Department
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Date Added Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 3:24pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 517310 N 4972851
Decimal Degrees44.90888333, -92.78071667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 54.533', W 92° 46.843'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 54' 31.98" N, 92° 46' 50.58" W
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Area Code(s)612, 651
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 27-37 Bolles Mill Wayside Rest, Afton MN 55001, US
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