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STOCKDALE MILL
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Events
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SPECIAL EVENT -- PHOTO
SESSIONS *** Provided by: Grow Wabash County - Leadership Development *** |
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Help Preserve History
at Stockdale Mill in Roann! To donate, click
on "How to Donate" below or contact us directly at
info@stockdalemill.org
*** Provided by: Grow Wabash County - Leadership Development *** |
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! Our non-profit group the STOCKDALE MILL FOUNDATION has been awarded a grant from the COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WABASH COUNTY in the amount of $20,000 ! This amount will be applied to our FRAME & FOOTING PROJECT currently underway for critical restoration of the old mill's sub-basement and foundation structure. Thank you CFWC and all who support them. With this grant, the Stockdale Mill has now funded $36,500 of this $60,000 emergency project. |
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Updated on 4/5/2024
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PLEASE DONATE
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** Attention ** The Stockdale Mill is CLOSED - - (watch this space) - - You may assist us along with this
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[ when construction allows ] REGULAR PUBLIC TOURS
Contact us to schedule group tours at other times: |
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ALL TOURS ARE FREE
when you VISIT INDIANA
when you VISIT WABASH COUNTY
when you VISIT MIAMI COUNTY
you should VISIT THE STOCKDALE MILL
located in ROANN, INDIANA
see our water powered mill, our dam, our fish ladder, and
our nearby covered bridge
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A working
water-powered flour and grist mill * * * operated by community volunteers
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*** NEW EVENTS
PAST EVENTS
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The US Dept. of Fish and Wildlife has installed a unique fish ladder beside our dam. Studies of fish species are integrated with the fish ladder. |
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Mill Board Members attending Small Business Conference at Gallery 64 learn promotion strategies Spring 2017 |
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The Stockdale Mill Foundation received the 2nd place award from the Beacon Credit Union "Project Spotlight". Pictured with other winners is Ron McColley acceptng the prize on behalf of the Mill. THANK YOU to Beacon Credit Union an to all who voted! |
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VOLUNTEERS
WELCOME
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| The Stockdale Mill depends entirely on volunteers to operate. New volunteers are needed for restoration, tour guides, landscaping, general maintenance, publicity, and assorted tasks. Can you help? Call us today! |
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The Stockdale Mill is on the Wabash County Bike Trail.
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is marked with MCBT signs. MCBT map 1 http://www.visitwabashcounty.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/WCBT2013Map.pdf MCBT map 2 http://www.indianatrails.com/content/wabash-county-trail-bike-route |
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We have CORN MEAL - freshly stone ground by
water power.
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The Stockdale Mill was filled with activity as eighteen volunteers put on finishing touches in preparation for opening for the season. A warm day and bright sky was welcomed as the helpers raked outside and cleaned inside. Everything is now in place to welcome the first guests. The mill will be open each Saturday from noon to 4PM for guided tours. Tours are always free.
Restoration and maintenance volunteers work each Monday during the season. |
Society for the Preservation of Old Mills (SPOOM)
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Forty mill enthusiests from Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, and Indiana gathered at the Stockdale Mill for the Great Lakes Chapter fall conference. Following registration, special mill tours were conducted for all visitors. A dinner and business meeting was held at the Roann Community Center. Stockdale Mill Foundation president Ron McColley welcomed everyone to the community. Prior to the business session, the Stockdale Mill Foundation presented Jim and Ruthalice Watson with a momento in honor of their years of dedicated service of volunteering at the mill. Following the banquet, guests visited the Roann Covered Bridge and other points of interest around Roann.
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Foodwaters threatened to delay On April 19, 2031 the Eel River reached the third highest level ever recorded at the Stockdale Mill. Water stood 36-1/2" above the basement floor. That is 2" below the 1932 flood level and 13-1/2" below the record flood of 1959. Mill volunteers showed up and community members pitched in to clean and scrub to prepare for the opening day which was to be 15 days later. After much hard work, structural inspectiion, and finishing touches the mill opened for visitors as planned on May 4. |
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Although we do not keep regular Saturday hours from November through April, the mill is easily viewed from SR16 and the state Public Access Site across the river. Special tours may be arranged for groups year round. |
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BALD EAGLE SIGHTING - On October 15 mill volunteers Roger Harman and Jim Watson sighted a bald eagle at the Stockdale Mill. The eagle was perched in a tree adjacent to the mill on the west side. He appeared to be watching for fish in the river immediately below the dam. Eagle sightings have become more frequent along the Eel River in the past three years. This is the first reported sighting at the Stockdale Mill in Roann, IN.
ROANN COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL
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Special Displays at the Mill |
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GREAT LAKES SPOOM Jim and Ruthalice Watson represented the Stockdale Mill at the regional conference of Society for the Preservation Of Old Mills. |
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| Our huge cottonwood tree was struck by lightning four years ago. Each year portions have died up to this spring, 2012, when nothing was left alive. For safety reasons, it was necessary to have it taken down. | The old cottonwood tree was 6'4" in diameter (18' 10" around), was over 100' tall, and was well over 100 years old. |
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Recently Restored WHEAT and MEAL ELEVATOR |
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WINDOS SILLS
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BOLTING SIFTERS Three reel "bolting" sifters on the top floor are running. These are the final sifters for bran, middlings, and flour. |
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Historic Landmarks
Tour
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Book signing by local
author Joe Krom
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June 20, 2009 |
We grind whole-wheat flour
and corn meal
Stone-ground
by water-power
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Two floods in January and Feburary 2008 rose up into the mill basement. The January flood was 32" above the floor. After cleaning, the structure and all equpiment was found to be in good shape. |
FOUNDERS PLAQUE DEDICATION
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Mill volunteers honored the founders
of the Stockdal Mill Foundation with a plaque.
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Susanne & Dwight Fouts
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Plaque unveiled October 2007
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Roann Covered Bridge Festival Mill Events
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Iron Bridge Festival
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Great Lakes Chapter SPOOM { Society for the Preservation of Old Mills } Regional Meeting at Stockdale Mill - May 21, 2005 |
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VOLUNTEER PICNIC
All personnel at Stockdale Mill are volunteers. Today they take a day off.
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Old Fort Model A Club Tour
24 "Model A Ford" vehicles pulled in to the mill lot
from the Wabash and Fort Wayne areas. The mill was a destination of the October
driving tour.
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| The Department of the Interior has notified us that the Stockdale Mill, Wabash County, Indiana was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 2004. |  |
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CORNMEAL PROCESSING
| Volunteers of the Stockdale Mill Foundation are shown positioning cornmeal processing equipment, Spring of 2004. Cornmeal is stone-ground and milled by a water power. Visitors may purchase freshly packaged cornmeal or whole-wheat flour. |  |
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Big turn-out for tours.
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One of the volunteer tour guides.
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| A Saturday tour group views water rushing in the race. |
We are a kid friendly place !
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