Show f r k K ti r l rY 4 aY 4 c I Old Echo Flour Mill To Be Moved By Dr Mrs l Harrison The construction of ot the new highway In Echo Canyon has made madet It t necessary to vacate the Echo Flour Mill and the property surrounding sur rounding It it The mill has been at this loca tion for tor the past three years With this annexation comes the close of an era that Is by many with nostalgia as they recall the water powered machinery the of wheat that were ground Into flour and the grain that was cleaned for tor planting or chopped for tor man or beast The mill impressed every lone one who saw it it The operation of the machinery was fascinating to both old and young 93 83 Years Yean Old It was 93 years ears ago this spring I that William began the construction of ot the Echo Flour Mill It took two years to com It was constructed by the Echo Creek because three and a ahalt ahalt halt half second feet teet of water was vas needed to generate the 25 horse power necessary to operate the mill jj i if f 1 The timber for tor the mill was cut cut I by a saw t three three ree miles miles east at Saw Mill MUI Can east Canyon n t I then it was hauled to the rom milt sUe site by wagon wagons 4 J t All of Pine Pin PinI 1 1 The entire structure is mad made of I pine ne wood put together with square nails The large tw twelve lve by twelve corner posts are mor inor or Used with wooden pins All AU the lumber is as sturdy and strong today as when built T The e mill mUl was built bunt by Ben en Lamb Lehl Lehi Henefer lender William Batchelor lor lorand and his son Harry Batchelor J sand nd S Continued on Page Three OLD MILLI MILL MILL- i I Continued from Page 1 i I William McMichael The workers camped nearby while the early construction was in progress As AsU 1 U 1 neared completion Ben Lamb LambI I moved Inta rota the mill and continued to finish the building Later Frank Ripper of Coalville built grain elevators and did other car penter work that was needed Imported Burrs Hums Flour was first ground at the mill with two stone burrs that weighed about pounds each These were imported from France Later more modern machinery consisting of rollers and a sifter sifter was installed The mill operated from 1873 to 1942 Its first owner William TUT Tur pin sold it to Heber Bennion who hired men to operate the mill for several years In 1899 it was purchased by Alfred R. R Jon Jones s and his brother John S. S Jones They continued to operate the mill until un um til October 14 1914 when John moved mo to Honeyville His share of ol the mill was v.-as then hen purchased by Alfreds' Alfreds ds' ds son Marlow This partnership continued Until un Un- til Alfreds Alfred's death at his home by bj bythe bythe the mill Nov 1 1941 Marlow and his wife Annie continued to live by the mill until May 9 1964 1904 when they moved to Midvale Utah l For or Museum Because the mill was in such sucha a good state of preservation the Utah State Stale University at Logan wanted to put it into their muse muse- I um urn called Man and His Bread Marlow gave them the entire structure including all the ma chinery Ledgers dating from 1597 to 1942 were also given to them These contain names of almost every family living in Summit County several from outside the county including Wyoming Two blueprints showing the plan to install machinery dated 1905 were also found and given to the Uni The university plans to reconstruct recon recon- it to its original design and run it by water power There it wilt will become a vital link in the museums museum's collection which Includes In eludes many agricultural Implements implements ments from many countries of the world This collection shows y ho homan ho hoyman I man through the ages has won his I bread In the museum special attention attention atten tion is being paid to the rapid development o of agriculture equipment equip equipment ment from 1750 to the present and how this development has affected af the growth of our economy I of Gift The Jones family Js s proud and happy that the Old Mill could be bp u used ed for this purpose where this generation and others to come can see it and know of the value this period of history contributed con can to our economic growth The Utah h State Historical So clety has obtained a more corn com history of the tho mill miU which they plan to publish in n one of its Us future periodicals Since all aU the old landmarks landmark are fast disappearing from Echo we weare weare are indeed happy that the Old Mill MUl Is Js being reconstructed and preserved for future generations to study Sometimes this so-called so progress ress can be he very destructive to the things we know and love sowe eo so we the people of ot Echo Echo were grateful to learn leun that there are some who will witt appreciate the labor of our hardy pioneer ancestors |