We finally made it to hodgson mill today. Unfortunately a flood hit the area a couple of weeks ago. The block building behind the mill was destroyed, it's roof is laying behind it. There's vegetation actually on the power lines along the road. The mill is still standing and doesn't seem to be damaged. My wife took a lot of pictures and when she gets a chance to get them off her camera I'll try to share them with you. Thank you for the awesome videos.
You can see by the tick marks on the wall by the front door how high the water has been on the mill multiple times before. It certainly is a survivor! Thanks for watching my videos.
@millin360 I looked up Bryant Creek flood history and it's very interesting. November 5 it reached 29.7 feet, the 2017 flood set the record at just over 33 feet. I didn't go up to the door because I didn't know if I would be trespassing and the walkway had some damage. I've kayaked turnback creek several times and was wondering if you had any knowledge about dilday mill. I've only lived in Missouri for 10 yrs now and they say they it collapsed in the early 80's.
Fun fact about Hodgson Mill. The company that formed from Hodgson Water Mill started in 1894 when the mill was built. This particular mill ground flour until 1976, a very long time for an 19th century grist mill. By 1973, the mill was using 1 million pounds of wheat and corn per year to meet demand. Eventually, demand became too much and production was moved full-time to a modern milling facility in Gainesville, Missouri. However, that same company that I mentioned earlier was still operating at full capacity until 2019 when it was bought out by Hudson River Foods in Hudson, New York. Today the brand is still made with the mill on the logo, but its mostly just pankcake mixes and cake mixes.
The building to the right of the Mill was originally built for a cotton gin that spun the cotton to thread and the building to the Left (not original replaced from flooding) was a Big Yank Bib overall factory for a brief moment in time. I grew up going to family reunion weekend's there for 3 decades. Legend has it I was conceived in the falls during a nightly bathing ritual. LOL
I'm not understanding the permit thing. Are the mills no longer allowed to use the water at all? Even if not allowed to make even the most minor changes to the waterway or such why not use the original mill wheel, turbine to turn a generator so there are no alterations and put a generator inside the mill even if it is just to power the lights at the mill? You could power a small town with just the spillage.
In recent years, both the state and federal governments have really cracked down on environmental regulations. For example, if a mill dam is destroyed in a flood, it most likely will not be rebuilt, with the exception of Maybe one of those places being on a historic registry, would be about the only way it would be allowed to happen. There are new regulations about impeding migrating fish for example. Even government agencies are strugbling with some of these regulations bridges for example have to be a certain height and not impede the flow of natural waterways in any way. It's government regulation on top of government agencies that are now making life difficult for some private property owners. I don't really want to open a political conversation here, but this issue is not new, if you'll watch the end of my Richie mill video you will see an example of this- that's well over a 100 years old.....
I've actually been to the mill many times it was not open at this particular trip. There is no remaining equipment inside. There was nothing to show. There is an entire series of mill videos on my channel, where we actually operate the mill and discuss the equipment that's inside. Please feel free to take a look....
Extremely enjoyable and educational video 👍
Thank you. We are working on more episodes.
We finally made it to hodgson mill today. Unfortunately a flood hit the area a couple of weeks ago. The block building behind the mill was destroyed, it's roof is laying behind it. There's vegetation actually on the power lines along the road. The mill is still standing and doesn't seem to be damaged. My wife took a lot of pictures and when she gets a chance to get them off her camera I'll try to share them with you. Thank you for the awesome videos.
You can see by the tick marks on the wall by the front door how high the water has been on the mill multiple times before. It certainly is a survivor! Thanks for watching my videos.
@millin360 I looked up Bryant Creek flood history and it's very interesting. November 5 it reached 29.7 feet, the 2017 flood set the record at just over 33 feet. I didn't go up to the door because I didn't know if I would be trespassing and the walkway had some damage. I've kayaked turnback creek several times and was wondering if you had any knowledge about dilday mill. I've only lived in Missouri for 10 yrs now and they say they it collapsed in the early 80's.
@DSSmith-me6pm I have never heard of Dillday Mill, I'll have to do some research....
@@millin360 as far as I can tell from the water line that I saw, this flood got up above the roof of the porch this time.
Great stuff, love mills! Regular people don't get it like us, Jim.
I'm glad you are enjoying them. Thank you for watching my videos.
Fun fact about Hodgson Mill. The company that formed from Hodgson Water Mill started in 1894 when the mill was built. This particular mill ground flour until 1976, a very long time for an 19th century grist mill. By 1973, the mill was using 1 million pounds of wheat and corn per year to meet demand. Eventually, demand became too much and production was moved full-time to a modern milling facility in Gainesville, Missouri. However, that same company that I mentioned earlier was still operating at full capacity until 2019 when it was bought out by Hudson River Foods in Hudson, New York. Today the brand is still made with the mill on the logo, but its mostly just pankcake mixes and cake mixes.
That interesting information. Thank you.
The building to the right of the Mill was originally built for a cotton gin that spun the cotton to thread and the building to the Left (not original replaced from flooding) was a Big Yank Bib overall factory for a brief moment in time. I grew up going to family reunion weekend's there for 3 decades. Legend has it I was conceived in the falls during a nightly bathing ritual. LOL
I love to hear personal stories like this about these old Mills. Thank you for sharing.
Been to this one very beautiful spot.
It is known as Missouri's most photographed mill.
Thank you for watching my videos!
Im in the early design stage of a water mill on my propery. Not quite this large but a poece of work
That's really cool! I built a small one on my property several years back.
I'm not understanding the permit thing. Are the mills no longer allowed to use the water at all? Even if not allowed to make even the most minor changes to the waterway or such why not use the original mill wheel, turbine to turn a generator so there are no alterations and put a generator inside the mill even if it is just to power the lights at the mill? You could power a small town with just the spillage.
In recent years, both the state and federal governments have really cracked down on environmental regulations. For example, if a mill dam is destroyed in a flood, it most likely will not be rebuilt, with the exception of Maybe one of those places being on a historic registry, would be about the only way it would be allowed to happen. There are new regulations about impeding migrating fish for example. Even government agencies are strugbling with some of these regulations bridges for example have to be a certain height and not impede the flow of natural waterways in any way. It's government regulation on top of government agencies that are now making life difficult for some private property owners. I don't really want to open a political conversation here, but this issue is not new, if you'll watch the end of my Richie mill video you will see an example of this- that's well over a 100 years old.....
You never actually explored the mill. You should change your title to "let's talk about the mill."
I've actually been to the mill many times it was not open at this particular trip. There is no remaining equipment inside. There was nothing to show. There is an entire series of mill videos on my channel, where we actually operate the mill and discuss the equipment that's inside. Please feel free to take a look....
@@millin360 Gotcha! I will check them out. Thank you for letting me know sir.