Cleve O’Rourke Memorial Stampmill
This mill was built in 1911 and used to crush ore at the Hewitt Brothers Mine on Hopkins Creek. It was powered by a steam engine and a pelton water wheel. It was discovered by Fred and Janet Miles in 1978 and brought to La Porte by members of E Clampus Vitus under direction of A.G. Brown, Dick O’Rourke, Jim Morris, and Mary Bredemann, with the help of the Soper Wheeler Company and the U.S. Forest Service. It was dedicated July 18, 1981 to the memory of Cleve O’Rourke, early community leader, humanitarian and public benefactor.
Marker is on Main Street east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
