Linden Mill, photo by Patrick T Power
MichMarkers.com has the text from the historical marker at Linden Mills in the village Linden (also a map).
The Linden Mills were a vital source of this village’s economic growth. The first mill, located on land granted to Consider Warner, was used to cut lumber. From 1845-1850 Seth Sadler and Samuel W. Warren, local residents, erected both a saw and grist mill. Operating along with the earlier facility, this complex was called the Linden Mills. The grist mill continued to function for over a century until the machinery was dismantled and sold at auction in 1956. The village then purchased the building for municipal offices and a public Library.
Today the mill is the site of the Linden Mills Historical Museum.
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Thanks again, Andrew! It is a beautiful place… I wish I’d had more time to explore and check out the museum.
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Great picture!
Angela.
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Lots of information about the Shiawassee River
http://shiawassee-river.blogspot.com/
and at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiawassee_River
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Thanks for the links.
Pretty funny to me that the three spam comments after yours were approved while your real comment wasn’t!
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What a unique shot, is the picture upside down? are those clouds or rocks and water weeds?
As a child about,70 years ago, when we would go picnicing by Lake Linden…we would pass by the Linden Mill…I’d wish to go inside…just to peek inside that marvelous building.
Finally got that wish as storyteller…in the library…that is now housed in that wonderful old mysterious structure.
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