Peoria Seed Cleaning Mill
Linn Co. | Oregon | USA
Watersource: Electricity
Peoria Seed Cleaning Mill
About halfway between Corvallis and Junction City on Or 99E. Turn south off US 20 about 2 miles east of Corvallis and travel about 10-11 miles to Peoria. Turn right on Park St, go one block to Main St. The remains of the mill/cleaner are opposite the intersection of the above streets.
The town of Peoria is located at the confluence of the Willamette River and the Albany Channel. At some time the townsite was moved from an earlier site about a mile south where Lake Creek flows into the Willamette.
The larger mill section was removed in the early to mid 1990's. The portion left is a residence, but some efforts were made to do some grinding of wheat into flour; but, perhaps not after the majority of the mill was torn away.
The town got its name from Peoria, Illinois. It was here in winter of 1839-1840, that Oregon's Curcuit riding preacher, Jason Lee, gave talks to get recruits to go west to The Willamette Valley of Oregon to further the Methodist Mission and top create American settlements.
