Rockbridge Mill
Ozark Co. | Missouri | USA
Watersource: Spring Creek
Rockbridge Mill
Take Cr 381 northeast of Gainsville to Cr 139 about 3 miles west of Zanoni, turn left and go about 10 miles to Bixley on Cr 139, then about 7 miles more to Sh N, then east on Sh N less than one mile to Rockbridge.
The first county seat , old Rockbridge, was burned during the Civil War. A village grew up here around the earlier grist mill built in 1868. The mill was rebuilt and enlarged by B. V. Morris in 1888. Morris also built a general store in 1894 and a bank was founded in 1903 by John Edwards.
Rockbridge Mill History Plaque as a State of Missouri Site Marker.
The bank closed in the aftermath of the Great Depression and the mill ceased operating in the late 1940's. The area around the mill was appropriated in 1954 by the Amyx family. They deveoped it into a resort, including a general store, restaurant, old Post Office, cabins, and the old bank building called the Rainbow Trout & Game Ranch.
Reprodution of sketch by Rosco Misselhorn.
A relaxing day of fishing at Rockbridge Mill.