July 31, 2016 10:58 am
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Fred Schulz, of La Center, (left) and Ian Frew, of Vancouver, (right) operate the Buhr mill, then provide samples of the flour to visitors. They are two of 15 volunteers who regularly help out when the Cedar Creek Grist Mill is open to the public on weekends.
The Cedar Creek Grist Mill, powered by water, was originally built in 1876 by George Woodham and his two sons. North Clark County families made the trek to the mill with grain that was ground into flour or livestock feed.
Grain, often donated by Bob's Red Mill, is ground into corn meal during demonstrations at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill.
Volunteer Ian Frew scoops up the flour from the Buhr mill, and dumps it into bags for visitors to take home.
Volunteer Fred Schulz shows visitors the grain that is put into the Buhr mill, and is then turned into flour and corn meal during demonstrations of the working grist mill. The historic site is open on weekends.
A series of pulleys and belts work together to operate the Buhr mill at the Cedar Creek Grist Mill in Woodland.
The Cedar Creek Grist Mill, located in Woodland about a 45 minute drive from downtown Camas, was built in 1876. At the time, its owner named it the Red Bird Mill. Operated entirely through water power, to run the generator and the Buhr mill takes 47 gallons of water per second.
The covered bridge, a 1994 replacement for a truss bridge built in 1935, is a whimsical gateway to the Cedar Creek Grist Mill, which was originally built in 1876 by George Woodham and his two sons, along with A.C. Reid.
Today, 140 years later, it is the only remaining grain grinding mill in Washington that has maintained its original structural integrity. The story of how that came to be features a dedicated group of volunteers who wanted to preserve an incredible piece of local history.
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