"Hildebrand Mill, now known as Beck's Mill is located one-half mile north of Highway 33 on Flint Creek and was established in 1835. The millstones were shipped from France to New Orleans, up the Arkansas River by boat to Fort Gibson and then on to the millsite by ox wagon."
Click this link or scroll down below to view the document containing more information on the old mill from the a clipping "found in the Roxie Kirby collections."
Click this link or scroll down below to view the document containing more information on the old mill from the a clipping "found in the Roxie Kirby collections."
Source: TL&M Genealogy Magazine, Volume XIII, Number Four, 2005, Page 85