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of Miami County,
Ohio
Hoover
Grist Mill,
established 1840
The
Hoover Mill is
located at the
southern border of
Union Township,
adjacent to the
Miami-Montgomery
County Line Road on
Rt. 48 (between West
Milton and Union).
Although it is
located on privately
owned property, it
was the beneficiary
of a public campaign
to repair and
restore it to
working order.
The
following text was
excerpted from the
mill rededication
program, June 9,
1996.
In
1840, Noah
Hoover,
one of the
first
Quaker
settlers
in Union
Township,
built the
mill. He
was a
great-uncle
of the
thirty-first
president
of the
United
States,
Herbert
Hoover.
Noah also
built the
two-story
[brick
house], a
very
substantial
one, that
stands at
the end of
the mill
lane.
In
1878,
Noah's
son,
Jason,
built a
new mill,
replacing
the old
one. A
smaller
building
was built
in 1941
(the
present
one) and
restorations
have been
made in
1976 and
1996. All
rebuilding
has been
at the
exact
location
of the
original
grist-mill.
The
water
wheel has
not been
in
operation
for 12
years.
Serious
deterioration
had taken
place. The
old
babbitt
bearings
had worn
completely
through,
over half
of the
wheel
needed
replacing,
and the
stone
underlayment
was
sinking at
one corner
of the
building
and under
the wheel
shaft.
Restoration
of the
waterwheel
was made
possible
by
donations
and labor
contributed
by VFW
Post 8211,
American
Legion
Post 487,
Jack
Farmer and
the Theis
family,
upon whose
property
the mill
is
located.
SOURCES:
Jack Dexter, Hoover
Grist Mill:
Dedication of the
Water-Wheel, Sunday,
June 9, 1996
(program)
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Historical
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Miami
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Ohio
Photo
of
Miami
County
courthouse
in
1920
from
postcard
in
collection
of
Louise
Vanover
Vore
Miami
&
Erie
Canal
Moonlight
Photo
provided
by
Ray
Bice
Dowtown
Troy
Interurban
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provided
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Ray
Bice
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Troy-Hayner
Cultural
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Local
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Library
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and
Miami
Co.)
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Overfield
Tavern
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Johnston
Farm
(Piqua
Historical
Area)
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Piqua
Historical
Museum
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WACO
Aircraft
Museum
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Tippecanoe
Historical
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