Pillsbury Mill on Cow Island?

aopel · 08-01-2006, 01:29 PM

Does anyone know if there is any public access to the Pillsbury windmill site on Cow Island? I have an old guide book from the '70s that talks about tying up to the Camp Idlewild dock and asking permission to walk up to the mill. Has anyone been there or know of a landowner who might let a small group walk up to the site?

TomC · 08-01-2006, 01:43 PM

You may want to try following the link to it here:

http://www.cowislandnh.com/

and post your question..

JTA · 08-01-2006, 08:50 PM

The old mill was disassembled, moved and reframed and finished as a private camp on Cow Is.

cowisl · 08-01-2006, 10:02 PM

Idlewild is a private association...

Islander2 · 08-02-2006, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by aopel

Does anyone know if there is any public access to the Pillsbury windmill site on Cow Island? I have an old guide book from the '70s that talks about tying up to the Camp Idlewild dock and asking permission to walk up to the mill. Has anyone been there or know of a landowner who might let a small group walk up to the site?

I have newpaper clipping about the old mill, with some pictures. Have not hiked over to it in about 5 years, as there is not much left to see. All that is there now is some old timbers, from where it was, as it has been moved. As said previously, Idlewild is now private, and docking is no longer allowed.

Rattlesnake Gal · 08-02-2006, 10:38 AM

A while back I did a bit of looking around regarding Cow Island history. Can anyone back up the connection of the Pillsbury Mill on Cow with the now Pillsbury Flour Company? If I am remembering correctly, (through the Pillsbury site I think) I did learn that some of the founders of the company lived in NH, but not in the lakes region.

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aopel Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Tallahassee and Gilford Posts: 26 Thanks: 16 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Pillsbury Mill on Cow Island? Does anyone know if there is any public access to the Pillsbury windmill site on Cow Island? I have an old guide book from the '70s that talks about tying up to the Camp Idlewild dock and asking permission to walk up to the mill. Has anyone been there or know of a landowner who might let a small group walk up to the site?

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TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 748 Thanks: 29 Thanked 141 Times in 91 Posts	there is a forum about Cow Island... You may want to try following the link to it here: http://www.cowislandnh.com/ and post your question..

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JTA Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Pierce, Florida Posts: 233 Thanks: 34 Thanked 25 Times in 21 Posts	old mill The old mill was disassembled, moved and reframed and finished as a private camp on Cow Is.

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Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,253 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,455 Thanked 1,357 Times in 476 Posts	Pillsbury Flour Company A while back I did a bit of looking around regarding Cow Island history. Can anyone back up the connection of the Pillsbury Mill on Cow with the now Pillsbury Flour Company? If I am remembering correctly, (through the Pillsbury site I think) I did learn that some of the founders of the company lived in NH, but not in the lakes region.

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cowisl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cow Island Posts: 169 Thanks: 6 Thanked 20 Times in 12 Posts	Idlewild is a private association...