Bollinger Mill Bollinger Mill is unique among Missouri mills in that the site also includes the oldest of Missouri's four remaining covered bridges. It's an impressive four-story structure made of brick and limestone. Milling has gone on at the site since 1800 when the first log mill was constructed. A stone mill was built in 1825 but was burned by Union troops during the Civil War. After the war the present structure was built. The mill and covered bridge form Bollinger Mill State Historic Site located west of Jackson in southeast Missouri. Falling Spring Mill If you are looking for peace and tranquility, you will find it at this tiny mill hidden deep in the Mark Twain National Forest north of Alton and Greer Mill, another nearby mill that has been restored. Once a wooden flume carried water from a spring that shoots out of a hole in a limestone bluff to the overshot water wheel that powered the mill. It ground corn, ran a sawmill and even generated electricity for a time. A small pond, the builder's log cabin and the mill are all that is left of a once-thriving community. 22 RURAL MISSOURI | MAY 2021 May21_Mills.indd 2 4/7/21 11:01 AM