Klepzig Mill
N 37° 07.583 W 091° 11.920
15S E 660017 N 4110411
A small mill on Rocky Creek in Shannon County Missouri
Waymark Code: WM17RA
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2007
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In the center of the Ozark National Scenic Riverways a little stream, Rocky Creek, flows over exposed precambrian rock. (It is the closest that we have to a permanent stream tributary to the rivers, because most of them flow underground and surface near their mouths as springs.) Along Rocky Creek is a small turbine mill built by Walter Klepzig -- hence its name, Klepzig Mill. Walter, son of a Prussian German immigrant, was a progressive thinker. He was the first in the neighborhood to introduce both barbed and woven fence wire and a refined breed of milk cow. He sawed logs into boards for his house and out-buildings, and routinely saved "good boards" for use in building coffins for his neighbors. He frequently ground corn free for neighbors "on starvation," i.e. those who could ill afford to leave him the customary toll of grain.
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Current Status: Still In Use
Current Use: Historical & Cultural Landmark
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