Bonneyville Mills
Elkhart Co. | Indiana | USA
Watersource: Little Elkhart River.
Bonneyville Mills
Take I-90/Indiana Toll Road to Bristol exit/Sh 15. Go south on Sh 15 to Sh 120, the east on Sh 120 for 2.5 miles to Cr 131. Take Cr 131 south to the Bonneyville Mills County Park at the Little Elkhart River.
A beautiful operating mill set in the countryside of Northern Indiana in Elkhart Co. on the Little Elkhart River. Indiana's oldest, continuously operating grist mill, where they still produce stone ground flour the old-fashioned way. A great county park setting.
In 1832, Edward Bonney built this water-powered grist mill along the Toledo-Chicago Trail near the St. Joseph River. The river would provide access to Great Lake ports. The railroad bypassed Bonneyville's mill, ending his dream of a growing population center there.
See the website button above the first photo for more information about the mill and the county park.
View across part of the herb garden of the inlet gates of the mill.
Sepia photo of the two sets of millstones. It is one of the quietest operating mills the photographer has ever visited.