Charles Hascall conducted an early saw-mill on Oil Creek, the motor being water. Believed to be in Union Township.
Henry Flamion’s Saw Mill located west of Apalona Store and Post Office.
The Rickenbaugh sawmill (left), taken in 1911, was bought in by Anthony Paulin. It was located near Indian Lake in the Apalona area. L-R George Paulin, Claude Sandage, Russell Sturgeon, Lunsford Miles, Jess Miles, Claud Albin, William Rickenbaugh and Daniel Howe
Around 1870 a sawmill was operated by Weedman and Miller on the ground now occupied by the Bristow Milling Co. Just how long this mill was operated here we have been unable to determine.
A.J. Adye has saw mill at Adyeville. Cannelton Reporter, June 21, 1873.
Mr. John D. Huff has put a new engine & circular saw in the steam mill, formerly owned by John Kutch, on Anderson, and is now rapidly converting round logs into saw boards, laths & other lumber.
Oil Twp: Messrs Millers and Walters purchased a portable saw mill of William Heilman of Evansville, 25 horsepower, 62 tubed boiler, double saw, 60″ & 30″, to be located on Richard Deen’s Farm, on which they are to saw 200,000 feet. They expect one year work on Oil Creek and then on the Middle Fork. Not another mill in the County will equal theirs. Cannelton Reporter, Sept. 6, 1873.
Tell City, In March, 1858, a saw-mill was started by John Herrmann and others under the name Herrmann & Co. This was probably the first business enterprise in the town. It is yet prosperous, and is the oldest in town. About the close of the war August Menninger, John Ress, Sr., and John Newhardt were the owners. Since then Mr. Menninger, at different times, has secured the interest of his partners. The firm is now A. Menninger & Son. The mill runs only part of the time. Its capacity is 10,000 feet. They make, also, 20.0,000 lath annually.
The saw-mill of Weedman & Miller was started in September, 1884, having cost about $4,000. The mill runs about half of the time, and gives employment to about twelve men. The logs of native lumber are floated down the river, and the sales are almost wholly to the town factories. The mill has a double circular saw, a twenty-five horse-power engine. In the mill is made annually, also, 500,000 starves.
Shubael C. Little (1794 - 29 Apr 1857) had acquired a large amount of property in Cannelton and north of the Glaze-Mason Deer Creek tract. Samuel [Webb] purchased this from Little’s heirs on February 15, At the May term of Circuit Court 1845 a writ of ad quod dammum was issued to Little to evaluate the possible damage from a mill dam he proposed to construct. Previously, in April 1835, he had been granted permission to build a 12-foot dam in NW/SW Sec 6, T74-R2W on Deer Creek and a 15-foot dam in NW/SW Sec 5, T7S-R2W. A mill at the latter site is labeled “Webbe’s Mill” on Pierne’s 1861 county map. It burned on July 7, 1862.”
The Tipsaw Mill was a Flour grain mill powered by water. The Mill was owned by James Tipsaw and located just below were the Tipsaw lake dam.
History, Genealogy,Early Settlers and Historical Points of Perry County, Indiana
