Cedar River Watershed District·Nov 20, 2025LOOKBACK: English brothers made milling history in MowerGregsons built, operated flour mills north, south of Austin on Cedar River from 1862 to 1900
Cedar River Watershed District·Nov 14, 2025LOOKBACK: Hormel’s short-lived era in flour productionHistoric Austin site’s final milling years under meatpacker from 1917 to 1924; buildings removed after 1967 fire
Cedar River Watershed District·Nov 6, 2025LOOKBACK: Fire, floods plagued Austin’s milling siteThree blazes, historic flooding challenged property over century
Cedar River Watershed District·Oct 30, 2025LOOKBACK: Grain mills begin on Cedar in AustinIn 1867, Simon Alderson opens mill same year railroad arrived
