Rex Jackson is chairman of the board for the Anderson Mill Grist Mill and Museum. He shares information about it for the Standard’s Texas Museum Map series:
The Anderson Mill Grist Mill and Pioneer Museum in Volente features a full-scale replica of the original water-powered mill built by Thomas Anderson in 1861.
Located along the shores of Cyprus Creek, the original mill was well known for its beauty and as an asset to the local community. Farmers from all around the area came with their families to process their corn and cotton and visit each other.
The original Anderson Mill before it was destroyed in 1941. (Courtesy Julia Land)
The working replica of the original Anderson Mill and its outbuildings were completed in the 1960s by the Andersonville Garden Club. It was built just a few hundred feet from the original location that was flooded by the building of Mansfield Dam in 1941.
The museum features many items owned by the Anderson family and other pioneering families of the area.
Andersonville Garden Club volunteers continue to maintain the old mill and twice a year to grind corn kernels into cornmeal using the original methods.
