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Bollinger Mill
Historical Marker
Location
of sign - 113 Bollinger Mill Road, Burfordville, Missouri
Photo
taken April 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Bollinger
Mill
Maj. George Frederick Bollinger built the first mill here in 1800, on a
640-acre grant from Louis Lorimier, Spanish Commandant
of
Cape Girardeau District of Upper Louisiana. A German Swiss from North
Carolina, Bollinger visited the area 1796, and
returned
with 20 families. His mill became the largest and best in the district.
The
mill, damaged in the Civil War, later rebuilt, operated until 1950,
and now is owned by the Cape Girardeau County Historical
Society.
Bollinger, an outstanding pioneer, militia major in War of 1812, was
a noted legislator in Territory, and later, State of
Missouri.
(see
other side)
Erected by Cape Girardeau Historical Society
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