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This mill is both an honor and an ornament to our town and county. It is decidedly the
best Mill in this part of the country, and no better water power in the State. The mill property with
the improvements cost about $22,000. Had we a few more such enterprising gentlemen as Mr. A.
F. Smith our Town and County would present a different aspect.
Mr. Smith has of late made some additional improvements to his merchant mill, and is
now ready to grind, for toll, Wheat, Corn, Rye, Buckwheat, &c.
[Rochester Mercury, Thursday, March 29, 1860]
The undersigned has rented the Pottowotomie Mills . . . Solomon Wagoner.
[ibid, Thursday, August 16, 1860]
Jas. A. Smith has rented the Pottowattomie Mills.
[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday December 6, 1862]
The race, or canal, which supplies the Pottowattomie Mills with water, had a break last
Sunday morning, which will stop the mills for a few days . . .
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, July 3, 1862]
F. W. Stock, the new proprietor of the Pottowattamie Mills, commenced work on
Monday last.
[ibid, Thursday, August 13, 1863]
Pottowattomie Mills rented by F W. Stock.
[ibid, Saturday, August 22, 1863]
Mr. F. W. Stock, the new proprietor of the Pottowattamie Mills, commenced work on
Monday last. . .
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, August 13, 1863]
Mr. F. W. Stock’s health has improved very much since leaving us. He will be welcomed
home by hosts of friends, and will soon be found at the Pottawattomie Mills.
[Rochester Union Spy, Thursday, August 27, 1868]
Coming Home. We have information that Mr. F. W. Stock and family, of this place, who
have been for the past three months visiting their friends in the Faderland, sailed from Hamburg,
on the steamer Germania, the 19th inst. They expect to arrive at New York on the 1st proximo,
and will reach Rochester a few days later. Mr. Stock’s health has improved very much since
leaving us. He will be welcomed home by host of friends, and will soon be found at the
Pottawattomie Mills . . .
[Rochester Union-Spy, Thursday, August 27, 1868]
The Pottowattomie Mill property has been purchased for the sum of $20,000 by parties
residing in Kosciusko and Huntington counties.
[ibid, Thursday, October 29, 1868]
Wheat, Corn and Rye. F. W. Stock, the proprietor of the Water Mill at this place, took us
all through his Mill on Saturday last. He has now on hands about 8000 bushels of No. 1 wheat; he
is paying for No. 1 wheat $2.30, No.2 $2.15, Corn, 50 cts; Rye No. 1 $1.00; Buckwheat 75 to 80
cts per bushel. Mr. Stock is doing good work for his customers, and is sending off great quantities
of No. 1 brands of flour. The Mill needs a great many repairs; if the race and Mill were repaired,
they could run about three more burs of stone; the water is abundant; but Mr. Tabor the owner, is
very careless of his property and does not see fit to keep it up as he should. Mr. Stock has also
between 200 and 300 head of fat hogs in his pens near the mill, which will average about 300 lbs
each.
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, November 21, 1867]
We paid a visit the other day to the mills above mentioned that we might note the recent
improvements consequent upon the extensive repairs being made by the proprietors, Messrs Long
& Miller. Mr. Jonathan Mills of the Globe Iron Works, Dayton, Ohio planned the repairs of the
old, and the construction of the new machinery. The millwrighting was done by Mr. S. W
Lockland, of Fort Wayne. He was assisted by Geo. Winters, of Goshen, Ind., and Mr. John
Maddox, of Fort Wayne. The new burrs were put up “in face” and condition for grinding by Mr.
John Plank, of Constantine, Michigan, who is engaged as first miller.
[Rochester Standard, Thursday, December 30, 1869]