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Shawnee Milling Company

Pottawatomie County
Location: two miles south of Shawnee on OK-18 near old Shawnee Friends Mission Church
Coordinates: 35.293700, -96.925967
Material: Aluminum
Sponsor(s): Shawnee Milling Company and the Oklahoma Historical Society
Topics: Agriculture; Early Statehood, 1907–1941; Industry/Business; Territorial Period, 1861–1907

Founded in 1891, the mill moved to its present site at 201 South Broadway in 1895. J. Lloyd Ford purchased the mill in 1906 and was a leader in flour milling in the state for a half century. The mill burned in 1934 but was rebuilt the following year.

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