Lehi Roller Mills

Conveniently located on the Lehi Sugar Factory line of the Union Pacific Railroad, it produced the first sack of flour on Apr. 2, 1906. The mill was an immediate success. Known for its superior flour, the Turkey Red and Peacock brands are longstanding Lehi icons. The mill achieved world-wide acclaim when featured in the 1984 hit movie, “Footloose.”

700 East Main Street in Lehi, Utah

• one of the filming locations for the movie Footloose.

Lehi Roller Mills Historic Marker

The public is invited to the unveiling of the Lehi Roller Mills historical marker on Sat., Sept. 28, at 10 a.m., at Lehi Roller Mills.

A member of the Robinson family, which owned the venture for three generations, will speak, and the Skyridge Ballroom Dance Team will perform a Footloose number.

Lehi Mills muffins will be served as refreshment.

The marker will be the fourth of 36 large historical markers to be installed over the next three years through the Lehi Historical Marker Program.

The program was founded in 2022 when the Lehi Historical Society won funding through a generous donation and continued support from the John David and Danaca Hadfield family of HADCO Construction and a large Lehi City PARC grant.

The June 2, 1905, Lehi Banner announced that Lehi was to have “a new flour mill with modern pattern and equipment” thanks to considerable effort by the Lehi Commercial Club, Lehi’s first booster organization.

It chose a site on East Main Street as it was on the Lehi Sugar Factory spur of the Union Pacific Railroad. The first sack of flour was produced on April 2, 1906.

By 1907, the company had changed its name to the Lehi Roller Mills. In 1910, George G. Robinson purchased the mill and began an extensive modernization project. He installed a 43,000-bushel capacity grain elevator and four concrete silos. The Turkey Red and Peacock brand logos colorfully painted on the east side of the silos have been Lehi icons ever since.

After George’s death in 1936, his sons, Sherman and Raymond, operated the mill. During World War Il, all flour milled was sold to the government for the war effort. R. Sherman Robinson, George’s grandson, became the manager of the family-owned mill in 1980.

In 2013, Ken Brailsford, local entrepreneur, purchased the mill. In 2018, the mill was rebranded Lehi Mills.

Lehi Roller Mills might be best known for serving as the backdrop for many scenes in Paramount’s 1984 blockbuster movie, Footloose.