My family has a farm near Dent Minnesota. It was never an operational farm in my lifetime. In a room off of the machine shed there is a set of mill stones. I should talk to my great aunt about them. She lived on the farm while it was still in production.
Its harder to believe what AC all made. When they tore down the tractor plant it was all over by 1985 or so. The ultimate sacrilege was tearing down the Tractor Inn tavern. Some guy has a nice tractor museum in Iowa open to the public. Just shown on YT by an auction firm.
@@Anthony-hu3rj Yes, because the property was west of the original Reliance Works of EP Allis, which had become Allis Chalmers by that time of the move
I'm sure you know all about it, but there's a decorative mural on the Hubbard Mill in Mankato that was put up fairly recently! As a side note, my great grandfather worked there for 40 years in the 1940s-1980s and it shifted hands while he was there. Super cool building!
Drive along on Hiawatha Avenue, you have what's left of the mills next to the train tracks. On the other side of the road is all of turn of the century homes. Your labor force walked to work.
@@kevinkurtz9889.. yeah that was back when they put dense residential areas right next to industrial areas... Put a strip of bars between them and you're off to the races lol...
Berry Brothers Best flour ("Surprisingly Good") was milled at the Berry Brothers mills in Norwood and Hector. Later they acquired a mill in Buffalo Lake as well. They also had a warehouse in St. Paul. The mills were not run by water power, they were steam driven. My Great Grandfather, Charles J. Berry, was killed in the Norwood mill in 1911. The mills went under in the 1920's.
I left MN in 1987, never looked back.This brings back memories of southern MN. good memories. To bad MN has such a high tax structure and supported the BLM and democrats.
@@robertmcmanus636 I know people like to have their safe spaces, but I think this is a good place to mention politics, they are integral to history. Precisely the reason Minnesota has gone so down hill is that people in Minnesota who are "Minnesota Nice," are really "Minnesota Weak;" and think they are being good people by being so polite and not discussing the reality of what is going on. Can you imagine what those who built, owned and ran those mills would think of the current management of the state?
Steven, thanks for letting me know about Granite Falls. At the beginning of the video, I mentioned that I can't list them all. Sadly, it's just a sampling.
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My family has a farm near Dent Minnesota. It was never an operational farm in my lifetime. In a room off of the machine shed there is a set of mill stones. I should talk to my great aunt about them. She lived on the farm while it was still in production.
Don't waste time. Talk to her over a cup of coffee and a piece of cake.
Missed the Faith mill in Faith MN. The town now has a population of approximately 15. The mill was in operation up until about 20 years ago.
I remember the Faith Mill. It sadly caught fire and burned down.
Phelps mill at Ottertail Minnesota is still standing. Built on the Offertail river. And it has always been open to the public. Thanks for the video.
Lived near Perham for a while, so I remember that one. Thanks!
@@MNBricks I think what was Globe Mill, is Tuffy's Pet Foods.
I got to climb though the rubble of gold medal flour in Minneapolis. Been on the top of the sign. Terrifying.
Minneapolis flour was milled on Allis Chalmers machines built in Milwaukee , Wisconsin
That’s a neat fact! Allis Chalmers we’re built in a town just west of Milwaukee names West Allis. It’s a suburb.
@@AllisChalmersMN the town is named after Allis Chalmers
Its harder to believe what AC all made. When they tore down the tractor plant it was all over by 1985 or so. The ultimate sacrilege was tearing down the Tractor Inn tavern. Some guy has a nice tractor museum in Iowa open to the public. Just shown on YT by an auction firm.
@@RJ1999x Cool, I didn't know that. Do you know why it was named West Allis, and not just Allis?
@@Anthony-hu3rj Yes, because the property was west of the original Reliance Works of EP Allis, which had become Allis Chalmers by that time of the move
I stopped over at Swany White just two weeks ago. Still alive and well!
Yes, I had heard Swany White was still going. That's pretty cool!
I'm sure you know all about it, but there's a decorative mural on the Hubbard Mill in Mankato that was put up fairly recently!
As a side note, my great grandfather worked there for 40 years in the 1940s-1980s and it shifted hands while he was there. Super cool building!
I'm just trying to imagine the labor it took to produce the grain for these mills.
Drive along on Hiawatha Avenue, you have what's left of the mills next to the train tracks. On the other side of the road is all of turn of the century homes. Your labor force walked to work.
@@kevinkurtz9889 Interesting observation.
@@kevinkurtz9889.. yeah that was back when they put dense residential areas right next to industrial areas... Put a strip of bars between them and you're off to the races lol...
Excellent video it's nice to see all of the flour mill towns. My great grandfather was part of the swany white flour mill at Freeport Mn
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video thanks for taking the time!
Berry Brothers Best flour ("Surprisingly Good") was milled at the Berry Brothers mills in Norwood and Hector. Later they acquired a mill in Buffalo Lake as well. They also had a warehouse in St. Paul. The mills were not run by water power, they were steam driven. My Great Grandfather, Charles J. Berry, was killed in the Norwood mill in 1911. The mills went under in the 1920's.
thank you
Thanks for taking the time to make this; very informative.
I left MN in 1987, never looked back.This brings back memories of southern MN. good memories. To bad MN has such a high tax structure and supported the BLM and democrats.
Too bad dinks bring up politics regarding what is clearly a purely historical video.
yes Mn has a political history.
@@tman8939 And you have a distinct opinion of which political history is the correct one.
@@robertmcmanus636 I know people like to have their safe spaces, but I think this is a good place to mention politics, they are integral to history. Precisely the reason Minnesota has gone so down hill is that people in Minnesota who are "Minnesota Nice," are really "Minnesota Weak;" and think they are being good people by being so polite and not discussing the reality of what is going on. Can you imagine what those who built, owned and ran those mills would think of the current management of the state?
@@greggergen9104 And you "KNOW the reality of what is going on", don't you ,Greg?
You can't forget Northfield MN.... The present home of Malto Mill. It was always a huge milling town.
You entirely missed Granite Falls which had one of the original Pillsbury mills driven by….you got it, the falls. Poor research dude.
Steven, thanks for letting me know about Granite Falls. At the beginning of the video, I mentioned that I can't list them all. Sadly, it's just a sampling.
Way to buzzkill Steve-o,, poor manners dude...👎
@@MNBricksI think the building I'm living in is that cream colored brick from Chaska Brick,, an old hotel from 1887...