Empire and the Carson River Mills

1864 - 1964

When the Comstock Lode was discovered in 1859, the problem of reducing the ore from the fabulously rich Virginia City mines had to be solved. Mills were built in Gold Canyon and Six Mile Canyon. In Washoe Valley, ...

The Mills Brothers

Grandfather, William H. Mills, a local Jubilee Singer, had a barber shop here, 1871-1931. Father, John H., went to Ohio. Four sons, born there, formed first vocal group to overcome racial barriers, gaining a mass audience. Father was its bass, ...

The Nona Mills Lumber Company

Organized in 1898, the Nona Mills Lumber Company of Nona, Texas established a saw mill at Leesville in 1899. Company officers were Pres. F.L. Carroll, Vice Pres. G.R. Ferguson, Sec. Treas. J.N. Gilbert, and Asst. Treas. L.B. Pikin. Serviced by ...

The Mills

By 1845, the first sawmill was erected in Osceola. It stood two stories high and was capable of cutting 10,000 board feet every 24 hours. Approximately 35 million board feet were cut during its existence. It was located on Osceola ...

The Mills Brothers

America's Greatest Singing Group

The Citizens of Piqua dedicate this memorial.

We are proud of your Piqua heritage and birth. As musical ambassadors, you have achieved world wide fame and made the world a better place.

Dedicated June 3, 1990

The Jail / Robert Mills

Lancaster County

[Marker Front]:

This is the "gaol" that Willis W. Alsobrook contracted to build for Lancaster District "…agreeable to the plans and specifications signed by Robert Mills…." In 1868 Lancaster District became Lancaster County and this structure became the Lancaster County ...

Millstones Long in the Service of Pioneers

[Plaque One:]

These Millstones long in the Service

of our Pioneers dedicated to their memory

by the Edgar County Historical Society

1817 - 1927

[Plaque Two:]

From the Lewis Jones Farm near Nevins

presented to

Edgar County by his son

William Shields Jones, M.D.

of Redmon

1861 - 1949

Marker is on ...

Origin of Cedar Creek / Mills on the Creek

(Double Sided Marker)

Origin of Cedar Creek

Dropping approximately eighty feet in two and half miles, Cedar Creek’s falling water power provided enough energy to drive Cedarburg’s many mills for over one hundred years. The creek rises from big and Little Cedar ...

Mills Brothers Commercial Building

Built in 1904, this Neo-Classical Revival building was constructed for local grocers Albert and Elmer Mills. The wall ad around the corner for Gardner's "Purity Bread" with its butter yellow wrapper dates to the early 50s when the building was ...