Events
TOUR HOURS for 2013
May through October
Saturdays 12:00 - 4:00
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Contact us to schedule group tours at other times:
answering machine: (765) 833-2019
during season
or
(765) 833-2642
e-mail us: info @ stockdalemill.org
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A working
water-powered flour and grist mill * * * operated by community volunteers
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VOLUNTEERS
WELCOME
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| The Stockdale Mill depends entirely
on volunteers to operate. New volunteers are needed for restoration, tour
guides, landscaping, general maintenance, publicity, and assorted tasks.
Can you help? Call us today! |
Click Here for a DONATION
CARD
Click Here for a pdf
DONATION CARD ( "pdf"
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Lions "Breakfast on the Covered Bridge"
June 29, 2013
Special Mill Tour hours: 9AM - 4PM
Have a leisurely breakfast in a unique setting then stop over to see the mill.
Independence Day celebration
- Roann
July 6, 2013
- fireworks - link
Roann Covered Bridge Festival
September 5-8, 2013
link
Society for the Preservation of
Old Mills (SPOOM)
October 5, 2013
Great Lakes Chapter meeting will be at the Stockdale Mill - public is invited
link
MILLING EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
We have one surplus antique large reel sifter for sale:
sifter for sale
PAST EVENTS
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Foodwaters threatened to delay
the
Stockdale Mill 2013 opening day.
On April 19, 2031 the Eel River reached the third highest
level ever recorded at the Stockdale Mill. Water stood 36-1/2" above
the basement floor. That is 2" below the 1932 flood level and 13-1/2"
below the record flood of 1959. Mill volunteers showed up and community
members pitched in to clean and scrub to prepare for the opening day which
was to be 15 days later. After much hard work, structural inspectiion,
and finishing touches the mill opened for visitors as planned on May 4.
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The annual picnic for mill volunteers
and donars is October 21, 2012 at 1:00.
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Although we do not keep regular Saturday hours from November
through April, the mill is easily viewed from SR16 and the state Public
Access Site across the river.
Special tours may be arranged for groups year round.
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BALD EAGLE SIGHTING - On
October 15 mill volunteers Roger Harman and Jim Watson sighted a bald eagle
at the Stockdale Mill. The eagle was perched in a tree adjacent to the mill
on the west side. He appeared to be watching for fish in the river immediately
below the dam. Eagle sightings have become more frequent along the Eel River
in the past three years. This is the first reported sighting at the Stockdale
Mill in Roann, IN.
ROANN COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL
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GREAT
EEL RIVER DUCK RACE
2012
1st - Bob Lynn - Roann, IN
2nd - Jacob Birk - Roann, IN
3rd - Kay Hapner - Carmel, IN
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Special
Displays
at the Mill
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GREAT LAKES SPOOM
Jim and Ruthalice Watson represented the Stockdale Mill
at the regional conference of Society for the Preservation Of Old Mills.
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IRON BRIDGE FESTIVAL
- June 16, 2012 - Canoe Trip - Hog Roast
Web Link http://www.ironbridgefestival.com/id4.html
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| Our huge cottonwood tree was struck by lightning four years
ago. Each year portions have died up to this spring, 2012, when nothing
was left alive. For safety reasons, it was necessary to have it taken down. |
The old cottonwood tree was 6'4" in diameter (18' 10"
around), was over 100' tall, and was well over 100 years old. |
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Recently Restored
WHEAT and MEAL ELEVATOR
The bucket elevator which carries wheat from the basement drag to the
receiving seperator on the top floor has been restored. Many of the meal
elevators ( 110' long belts with cup size buckets) are now running.
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WINDOS SILLS
Ongoing restoration by mill volunteers includes rebuilding window sills
at the basement level and main floor level.
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BOLTING SIFTERS
Three reel "bolting" sifters on the top floor are running. These
are the final sifters for bran, middlings, and flour. |
CANOE TRIP - The Middle Eel River Watershed sponsored
a canoe trip from SR 15 to the Stockdale Mill. Parking was at the mill. Mill
tours were available morning and afternoon.
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Historic Landmarks
Tour
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The mill hosted Historic Landmarks
Foundation’s north central regional annual meeting and moveable
feast. Dinner was served on the Roann Covered Bridge, and the meeting,
silent auction and dessert were held at the Roann Paw-Paw Township Public
Library.
The Stockdale Mill Foundation was honored as the "Preservationists
of the Year", not only for mill restoration, but for community
involvement and interpreting to the public.
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Book signing by local
author Joe Krom
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June 20, 2009
His historical novel, "Heart of a Warrior: The True Saga of Sweet
Breeze and Wiliam Wells", covers battles and peace treaties
between the Miami nation and the US from the end
of the Revolutionary War to the beginnings of the War of 1812.
Several battles occured on the Eel, Wabash, Mississinewa, Tippecanoe,
Elkhart, and Maumee Rivers
details at: www.eelrivertraders.com
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We grind whole-wheat flour
and corn meal
Stone-ground
by water-power
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Two floods in January and Feburary 2008 rose
up into the mill basement. The January flood was 32" above the floor.
After cleaning, the structure and all equpiment was found to be in good
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FOUNDERS PLAQUE DEDICATION
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Mill volunteers honored the founders
of the Stockdal Mill Foundation with a plaque.
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Susanne & Dwight Fouts
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Plaque unveiled October 2007
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Roann Covered Bridge Festival
Mill Events
* * * * * Thanks to all for supporting our fundraisers !
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Iron Bridge Festival
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Great Lakes Chapter SPOOM
{ Society for the Preservation of Old Mills
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Regional Meeting at Stockdale Mill - May
21, 2005
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VOLUNTEER PICNIC
All personnel at Stockdale Mill are volunteers. Today they take
a day off.
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Old Fort Model A Club Tour
24 "Model A Ford" vehicles pulled in to the mill lot
from the Wabash and Fort Wayne areas. The mill was a destination of the October
driving tour.
HONOR
| The Department of the Interior has notified
us that the Stockdale Mill, Wabash County, Indiana was entered in the National
Register of Historic Places on March 24, 2004. |
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CORNMEAL PROCESSING
| Volunteers of the Stockdale Mill Foundation
are shown positioning cornmeal processing equipment, Spring of 2004. Cornmeal
is stone-ground and milled by a water power. Visitors may purchase freshly
packaged cornmeal or whole-wheat flour. |
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Big turn-out for tours.
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One of the volunteer tour guides.
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| A Saturday tour group views water rushing in the race. |
We are a kid friendly place !
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