Plains Mill / Arbogast Grain Elevator
Siram P. Henkel owned the farm and mill during the Civil War. There is no evidence the mill was burned; although, several neighboring barns were torched. An 1850 census report states that Siram's 'Plains Mill' had an investment of $10,000, ground 25,000 bushels annually, producing flour by water-power, and had two employees at $15 per …