“First Flour Mill In Dakota”
401
1966
Union
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
On Sioux 5 miles NE
Dakota’s first flour mill was established in 1867, after the Legislature gave them a water right on the Big Sioux five miles northeast, by Preston Hotchkiss & Amos Dexter on Lot 3, Section 32, Township 91, Range 48. They sold to Crill & Sargent in 1869. Called the Portland mill, it operated until 1887. It was just below the bridge.
Location
Union County, in Jefferson at intersection of Dakota & Main (1988)