Have you Tinkled Today?

 Jim and I visited the mill on July 22, 2003.  Click on the small pictures to see a full size shot with description, and just scroll through the photo's using the arrows.

Zanoni Mill is located nine miles northeast of Gainesville on Highway 181. It boasts the only overshot water wheel operation in Ozark County.

Milling began at Zanoni during Civil War days in a little mud-built cabin built by John Cody. After the first mill burned, George Shoemaker built a new mill and added a sawmill. The mill burned again in 1905. That same year, A.P. Morrison built the third mill at Zanoni, sending to France for a new set of 18-inch, flint burrstones at a cost of $125.

The mill was powered by a spring that flowed from the hillside at 226,000 gallons a day. The spring furnished Zanoni with modern utilities, running water and electricity. Zanoni also was the site of an overall factory in the 1920s.

Ownership of the mill and village passed back into the hands of the Morrison family when it was purchased in 1974 by David Morrison (grandson of A.P. Morrison) and his wife, Mary. The Morrisons built a beautiful home on the site, leaving the old mill, general store and family home standing.

A lake in front of the home receives the spring water from the mill. The water then runs over the lake's spillway into Pine Creek.