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Farwell's Madison Mills
circa 1870-1879
Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Yahara River Mill
1850
A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The original mill burned down in 1873. A horse and wa...
Mill on Yahara River
1890
View towards the mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. A man is standing on the bridge with a horse.
Farwell's Mills
circa 1860-1869
City flour mills, on the Catfish River (Yahara River). The mill burned down in the fall of 1873.
Yahara River
View down dirt road towards a tall smokestack near the Yahara River bridge where the river flows into Lake Mendota. The smokestack is the remainder of Leonard Farwell's Madison Mills, built in 1850...
Yahara River Dam
View across the Yahara River towards a tall smokestack on the opposite shoreline, with Lake Mendota in the background. Remnants of the foundation and supports of what had been Farwell's Madison Mil...
