Topaz Mill, Douglas Co. Missouri, North Fork White River.

A 19th century grist mill, currently owned by Mr. O'Neal, who cheerfully offers tours of the inside of the mill and the neighboring general store.

The White River runs clear and cold behind the mill.  Topaz Spring lies a couple hundred feet to the right.  Its flow is fed into the millrace, where it can, at the miller's choice, run through the millrace to the turbine beneath the mill, or be allowed to join the White River.
Dillard Mill

A quote of a Missouri DNR website:
"Completed in 1908, Dillard Mill sits along Huzzah Creek and was the second mill built at that site. The first, Wisdom's Mill, built in the 1850s, was destroyed by fire in 1895. Innovations in the new, modernized mill included steel roller mills for grinding the wheat and a turbine to power the mill. For years, farmers brought their grain to the mill to be ground into flour and eventually livestock feed. The mill ceased operation in 1956."

Dillard Mill State Historic Site,
Davisville, Crawford Co., Missouri
Dillard Mill:  The first glimpse through the trees.  The intervening mill pond lies between the mill and the trees in the foreground, but is hidden from view until you walk closer to the rail fence.

Dillard Mill State Historic Site,
Davisville, Crawford Co., Missouri
Dillard Mill from the front, with the entry porch in deep shadow at this time of day.

From this perspective, the mill is a rather dumpy, sorry looking affair.  Better to think of it as it appears from "across the pond", in an idyllic mountain setting.
Dillard Mill:  The first full view.  A "calendar shot", for sure.

The mill sits at a bend of Huzzah Creek, which comes in from the left, hidden from view at this angle.  The path to the mill follows the curve of the pond below the mill dam, to the right, out of the picture.  It provides a succession of charming views of the mill, the pool below the dam, and the rock dam itself.

Dillard Mill State Historic Site,
Davisville, Crawford Co., Missouri
Blue Spring, Missouri.

Shot in RAW, faithful mode, AWB, with virtually no post-processing color correction, and no saturation.  Minimal exposure correction.  So yes, folks, the spring really is this blue!
Dancing water.  Rocky Falls, Missouri Ozarks.
Dillard Mill and mill dam across Huzzah Creek.

Dillard Mill State Historic Site,
Davisville, Crawford Co., Missouri
Blue Spring:  Nearly colorless and clear in the shallow margins.  Intensely blue and milky in the deepest part.  Water forms the surface of virtually everything in this picture, except the tips of a few blades of grass.  All of the inky blue is water, not cliffs in shadows.

Blue Spring, Missouri, Ozarks region.
Topaz Mill, Douglas Co. Missouri, North Fork White River.

A 19th century grist mill, currently owned by Mr. O'Neal, who cheerfully offers tours of the inside of the mill and the neighboring general store.

The White River runs clear and cold behind the mill. Topaz Spring lies a couple hundred feet to the right. Its flow is fed into the millrace, where it can, at the miller's choice, run through the millrace to the turbine beneath the mill, or be allowed to join the White River.
Topaz Mill, Douglas Co. Missouri, North Fork White River.

A 19th century grist mill, currently owned by Mr. O'Neal, who cheerfully offers tours of the inside of the mill and the neighboring general store.

The White River runs clear and cold behind the mill.  Topaz Spring lies a couple hundred feet to the right.  Its flow is fed into the millrace, where it can, at the miller's choice, run through the millrace to the turbine beneath the mill, or be allowed to join the White River.
Topaz Mill, Douglas Co. Missouri, North Fork White River.

A 19th century grist mill, currently owned by Mr. O'Neal, who cheerfully offers tours of the inside of the mill and the neighboring general store.

The White River runs clear and cold behind the mill. Topaz Spring lies a couple hundred feet to the right. Its flow is fed into the millrace, where it can, at the miller's choice, run through the millrace to the turbine beneath the mill, or be allowed to join the White River.
See photo in original gallery.

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