Southeast Missouri
Bollinger Mill ties the county name to a working-place story
Missouri State Parks' Bollinger Mill material says George Bollinger established the first mill at the site in 1800, and Solomon Burford built the current mill in 1867.
Bollinger Mill gives the county name a place you can point to. George Bollinger established the first mill at the site in 1800. Solomon Burford built the current brick mill in 1867, after the earlier mill was destroyed during the Civil War.
That history gathers a lot into one Burfordville stop: the Bollinger family name, milling, the postwar rebuild, and the covered-bridge setting nearby. Later, the mill worked as “Mill C” under the Cape County Milling Company before it entered the Missouri state park system in 1967.
For Bollinger County, this is not generic old-building color. It is a working-place story tied to a named family, a named village, and the county’s public history.
References
Where this fits: this note belongs to Bollinger County. See every local note for the county on its page.