This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zcB.2ACI/911.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: John, I found the papers from the book on John Densmores interview. The mill was a flax seed mill. They raised a lot of seed in that part of the country. I guess they had a dam on the creek with a couple of head gate for the millrace. The millrace also provided electricity for the town. He stated that they would turn on the electricity at night. We have to remember back in those day they didn't have the modern convience we have today. I hope this is of some help. The name of the book is Scio In the forks of the Santiam by Carol Bates. You may beable to get it thru an interloan at your local library.