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Historical
Markers - Rock Co., WI
How-Beckman
Mill
Wisconsin Official
Marker
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Located next
to the main driveway to Beckman Mill,
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on County H,
Newark Township
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Courtesy of
Kurt Wheeler, Rock County Planning & Development Agency
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- How-Beckman Mill
- Constructed in 1868 by William How,
the How-Beckman grist mill stands
- along Raccoon Creek where a distillery
and sawmill were once located. In 1882 the Beckman family purchased
the property. German-born August Beckman operated the turbine-powered
mill, followed by his sons Henry and Charles. Reaching peak production
in the early twentieth century, the mill was enlarged in the
1920s and served as the local commercial and social center. Milling
operations ceased in 1954. The How-Beckman Mill was listed on
the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
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- Erected in 1997
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©2006
ALHN-Rock Co., Wisconsin
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