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In 1872 Archibald Gardner built the first flour mill in Pleasant Grove which he sold, in 1876, to David Adamson who installed these grinding stones. They were run by waterwheel also a steam engine when water was low. Grain was ground into fine flour or course cattle feed by John Christian Nelson, miller, then sold and hauled to neighboring counties by ox teams. In 1902 Albert Cooper bought and improved the mill.
This historic marker (DUP Marker #341) is located in Pioneer Park in Pleasant Grove, Utah. The mill is talks about is located at 485 East 200 North in Pleasant Grove and has this historic marker there: Old Pleasant Grove Flour Mill.






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