Mill Stories

Richard Wipf is the nephew of the last Wipf to own and operate Iola Mills. This is his memory of the mill and Iola:

"My earliest memory of the mill was shortly after World War II. I was eight or nine and my family had come up from Texas to visit family and friends in Iola....................

What the Boy Scouts found

Shortly after restoring the foundation of the mill and allowing the river to once again travel through the mill, a local Boy Scout Troop had a very interesting and bizarre discovery..............

A Real Fish Story:

In the summer of 2008, an older gentleman and his adult daughter came in to the Millstone Restaurant and struck up a conversation with the current owner, Tom Fucik...