Bambo Harris Grist Mill

In c1795 Bambo Harris a freed black slave built and operated the first Water Driven gristmill in the area on Elk Creek. For fifty years his Millstones ground wheat and corn. A member of the Prairie Baptist Church, he was highly respected in the community. Bambo Harris lies at Rest in the Miltonville Cemetery.

Millstones donated by Charles Wesco & Family

Marker is at the intersection of Elk Creek Road and Howe Road, on the right when traveling north on Elk Creek Road.