Mill Details

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill

Howard co. | Nebraska | USA
Known Dates: 1871, moved 1889
Township: n/a
Watersource: Oak Creek.
Location / Directions

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill

Go 13 miles north of Grand Island, Ne., on US 281, turn left (west) on Ne 58 and procede 10 miles to the town of Dannebrog. Turn right in the center of town on Mill Street and go 500-600' to Oak Creek bridge. The millsite is just on the right on the far side of the bridge.

Verse for Thought
"Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His own inheritance."
({Psalm 33:12 NKJV})
Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill
Jim Miller 08/05/2004

A mural painted on the side of a building in Dannebrog, the Danish capitol of Nebraska. The mill was built in 1871 along the Platte River.

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill
Jim Miller 08/05/2004

The mill was moved on 1889 to the site on Oak Creek in Dannebrog by a man named Janson.

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill
Jim Miller 08/05/2004

Ruins that remain of the last mill Dannebrog Mill on this site that closed and was torn down in the 1950's. It was known as the "Pioneer Grist Mill", and was one of the oldest structures in the state.

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill
Jim Miller 08/05/2004

A little beauty at the mill site; a wild morning glory bloom.

Dannebrog Pioneer Grist Mill
Jim Miller 08/05/2004

A placque, placed by the Nebraska State Historical Society, in the center of town in front of Columbia Hall, an ediface used by the Danish Brotherhood Society and the Danish Sisterhood Society.

 
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