Markle Mill

This plack is to help us remember Markle Mill. It has since burned down, but in it's hayday it was one of the biggest mills. It is located on otter creek. This mill was all natural power something that we should consider getting back into. Otter Creek is still there and flowing and we are not taking advantage of it because the mill burned down.

Markle Mill was owned and ran by Charles Hansel in 1816. The mill ground wheat and corn without the assistance of machines. The mill didn't modernize until 1927 and it was all run by machines. Before that it had been in constant work run by it's free fuel before machines ever came through the doors. It is a great landmark here in Terre Haute and it's one that we should work to restore.