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Show Vandals target mill By MARK EDDINGTON Staff Writer F FARMINGTON Built in 1860 by Mormon stalwart Franklin Richards, the Old Rock Mill is a proud part of Farmington's pioneer heritage. It has also proved to be an inviting target for vandalism. In the latest incident, vandals have stolen two historical markers off the mill's walls, an act that has outraged many long-time residents like Irene Olson. "It makes my heart so sick I can't stand it," she said. A member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, Olson said the two markers were installed by DUP members at a cost of about $850 about a quarter of a century ago. "The markers were bolted on and cemented to the walls. It must have taken them weeks to remove t'lem. The cops don't seem to want to patrol up here. I was up there at the mill and Heidelberg Restaurant yesterday and there must have been at least 25 people come up there. They're just going through and wrecking it," Olson lamented. Farmington Police Sgt. Darrell Allen said police do patrol the site and keep kids away, but they keep coming back. "I'm sure the markers are probably prob-ably hanging on the wall in someone's some-one's bedroom," he said. The mill initially served as the c ity ' s first flour mill and was subsequently used as an electric power station. It was later converted con-verted to a restaurant and reception center, but has stood vacant for over two years. Located in an isolated area about 800 N. Main, vandals have systematically defaced the building, smashing stain glass windows and carting off whatever they can find. A local rumor circulating in the high schools saying the mill is haunted has only worsened the problem. f - . - ' 1 : . - - ' , .o; tiu,u, r k lu 1 ti.t: I'll i mi.; n lr! , y-'J i'. tu;uj i n . , . "" ia wire, uun i-utli I 'UtU UX um ! m, (,.uv vu-ut ; - Vandals have stolen two historical markers off the walls of the Old Rock Mill in Farmington. The useless act has outraged outrag-ed many long-time residents in the Davis County community. |