The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10
FIRST FLOUR MILL
ILLINOIS RIVER
establishment of Plant
~ Inspired Cherokees
to Grow Grain
BUILT BEFORE THE WAR
Bottom Land in Cherokee
County Produced Big
Yields of Wheat

TAHLEQUAH, Sept. .. -- Tho
names Of the founders Of the first
,gdrstries OF the Cherokee nation
aud the dates when they founded
9-4 of interest historically y look
f,,k,yara into the far gone years of
the past proves among other Things
that the first Touring mill IN the Ola
1ndiqn Territory was established IN
tha Tlhlequah district OF the Cher-
otce nation more than co years ago,
~. y,s during the middle fifties
of the last century that three men,
hr,fhers. for many years In business
ana politlcal life, established on the
t,rts of the Illinois river. about
.,gbf miles northeast OF TahIcquah
tba most complete milling establish
,ospt in what was then known as
tbe far west. These mon were Dan
Wi H.. John A, and Lewis \. Ross
,t Of classical and commercial edn-
cations. and VINO. realizing the great
necessity Of complete milling es-
enlistment, in view OF the fact thai
much grain was being raised, put
their plans and decisions into erect
and until the Civil war was near az
hand actively engaged In the manu-
facture Of flour as well as Of corn
meal IlI."Vi1 "a ,,.il ,,,ills .ir,,, tno
on'y le" htT, adantc5 for ~. y.
srt"'"" u ~ NJ .. ,,,bn ,,,isbed
nuns VI nro,,nd into flour
were compelled to journey over into
Arkansas and Missouri, where there
were mills owned and operated by
some of the pioneer citizens of ,heSe
states. Besides the Touring mill
there was operated at the Ross mill
n -" 80 a ardi,c as+abiishuent
- -, r,tsed i'm large
Que Nto,, &c +ba ,l,thine was
nun, ''t ~ -, -, ,,,d erip-
i'"ue a. 80, -. ,oi,nd e., most Of
nuns 49, ',, - 80, ,ho ,,i,i7a,s
NHe ItS'u'''''' " '''' -, .,
Il As a result OF tne estap'lSill VI en-, m va
Fhe mill on the llIlnols great lnseL-
est was taken IN Whtal BROWNS
Those VINO peYlously n'u So" ~
only ie" "g'e7 Wii'Sh -,
with seylhe ana Gu iHUlt' i unu 80 ~,
grain out With rams lntIeas'u l.t I.
acreage, ana lheIe WtIe n"',,"' - ~ W
Arkansas farmers VINO UuW ,''i'
over INTO the CheIohe ",t'"u
have thelr gram gtouhu' 'o p eo.
was the volume OF pus'nyss wa, ma
there We're times "heh Jay "a.
night shltts were kept p"sS' ne
wheel by whlch Ihe hilIl was "pti
ated was one Oh the " So va ~, ~
kind and the water l'owed uo"n ..,..'.i, "a,
long mn race at ttIl!l sPpe
white ioams rising h!Sh III Lnc az
some immense ylelds were
corded IN me oIdeh uays' u
ABBY VINO was IN charse or IN IN
Ross biothers lalm near me IL. III.
In 1851, stated some years uso 'ne', "a.
never IN al ms loiIs me IA" ~,
seen such wGhuerluL c.oP as o, rn"'
produced on INC Ldlui "a ~. Wv, ~,
metaiened' IL was III 'hS' I Sso' fac,
RopS on accuulI ho,,t,,
u'at C'NA wa was aoout ~,
ie'ulhvu 70 w N'aOonHst - - n,.
pSslhnlIs OF me me cC',i'l yo,a yot'1'U 80.
oL lhe rtS!tileh.7 ~ 'Y", ~ ,''o, n,
iils uIGt I"o emu, ,a dI' SnrirgS
(IT T writer ~ Colo' ''','.' ~ a.,
No,o' sum lil'ne i,oi ,,,.,s|,.,'e
t'ue aso ne was "e. 49,, -,
nun, uesPite n'S "se' ""H ,,,,,,.o -,
D On the estate OF zen, zen, MtLi."'' ~ -
Ha'iHer, o"HGr VI .Ilen 49,, 80,
hashlIsccHt nome hes''imS norom, 'ri,