updated 6/11/2010

Clayton co. Landmark Motor Mill on the Turkey River The Motor Mill was built in 1864 by John Thompson north of Communia.

The photo of Motor Mill (above) was on the front of an old notepad that my grandmother (who lived in Elkader), sent to my mother in the 1960's..... Paul Moritz

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Motor Mill
Photo by L.A. Zearley, Garber, Iowa - undated

~contributed by Michael F. O'Brien from his personal collection

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Motor Mill ca 1998
The bridge is now gone, but the rock piers still exist.  The building is very stable.

~contributed by Alan F. E. Thiese from his personal collection

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