Sander Homestead (Glenwood, Winneshiek, IA, date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.
Volume one of Edwin Bailey's history of Winneshiek County mentions that Brede SANDER had built a flour mill which later became a creamery.
Edwin C. Bailey, Past and Present of Winneshiek County, Vol. 1 (Chicago: S. J. Clarke, 1913), p. 255.
There have been two flour mills erected in Glenwood township. One was built in 1868, known as the stone mill on the Trout river, and had adequate water power for a number of years. Another was built in 1872 by B. B. Sander on the same stream further down, but after a few years the water gave out, so the machinery was sold as scrap iron and the building was converted into a creamery. The stone mill mentioned above was run for several years by steam, but finally was closed, as it did not pay expenses.
