Wamego in Pottawatomie County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Old Dutch Mill

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

1. Old Dutch Mill Marker

Inscription. Built in 1879 twelve miles north of Wamego by a Dutch immigrant, this old mill was used to grind grain into flour and cornmeal. In 1925 thirty-five team and wagons moved the mill to Wamego. Each stone was taken down numbered and rebuilt exactly as the original. A bust of Ceres goddess of grain is set above the window. The mill is twenty-five feet in diameter and forty feet high. Wind power has been replaced by electricity to provide a monument in action to Kansas pioneers.

Erected 1973 by National Register of Historic Places.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 39° 12.1′ N, 96° 18.05′ W. Marker is in Wamego, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County. It is on 4th Street east of Ash Street, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wamego KS 66547, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

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on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sand and Quartz Boulder (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); 1893 Chicago World's Fair Statues (about 600 feet away); Pottawatomie County (about 700 feet away); World War Memorial (about 700 feet away); Colonel Raymond E. Morris, USAF Retired (approx. ¼ mile away); War Memorial (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fort Leavenworth - Fort Riley Military Road (approx. 4.6 miles away); The Vieux Crossing & The Military Road (approx. 4.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wamego.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

2. Old Dutch Mill Marker

Old Dutch Mill image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

3. Old Dutch Mill

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

4. Old Dutch Mill

Plaque above one of the mill doors describing the history.

Bust of Ceres image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, July 1, 2010

5. Bust of Ceres

Old Dutch Mill NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012

6. Old Dutch Mill NRHP Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 18, 2012

7. Old Dutch Mill

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 3, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,308 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 3, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. 6, 7. submitted on February 18, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.