Winkler's Mill

Winkler's Mill is a Michigan historical marker in Rochester Hills, Oakland County, dedicated 1968.

Winkler Mill Road, Rochester Hills

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A sawmill, dam, and gristmill were built here in 1825 by John Hersey, one of the first settlers in the county and a founder of the villages of Rochester and Stony Creek, nearby. From 1870 to 1920 this mill was operated by Joseph Winkler. In a single year, 1880, Winkler ground 2,504 barrels of wheat and some 694,000 pounds of cornmeal, feed, and buckwheat flour.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1819 · Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1850 · Ohio (Cowperthwait, 1850) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1853 · Map of the surveyed part of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42, 1827, covering the location of Winkler's Mill, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Haut Canada, Michigan. Amer. Sep. 42, 1827, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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