Towne Creek Mill / Cass County Seed Co. - Cass Co. Missouri

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Towne Creek Mill / Cass County Seed Co.
Mill No: Mo_19_08_01

State -	Missouri
County -	Cass Co.
Township -	Grand River Twp / Harrisonville Borough
Year -	u/k
Water Source -	Town Creek

Pictures by: Jim Miller 06/2003 - The entrance to Towne Creek Mill off S. Commercial St., in Harrisonville, Mo. The Burge Bros. Feed Company buildings still remain south of the now removed trestle over Town Creek, but have been put to other uses.

Picture: Jim Miller 06/2003 The entrance to Towne Creek Mill off S. Commercial St., in Harrisonville, Mo. The Burge Bros. Feed Company buildings still remain south of the now removed trestle over Town Creek, but have been put to other uses.

Pictures by: Jim Miller 06/2003 - A view of the mill very near where the old concrete mixing plant used to stand along the then siding spur of the Frisco line. The spur was a remnant of the main line of the Kansas City, Clinton, & Springfield Railway.

Picture: Jim Miller 06/2003 A view of the mill very near where the old concrete mixing plant used to stand along the then siding spur of the Frisco line. The spur was a remnant of the main line of the Kansas City, Clinton, & Springfield Railway.

Pictures by: Jim Miller 12/23/2006 - AN autumn photo of the previous one. The structure, since added to, was the Cass County Seed Company into the early-to-mid 1960's. A wooden trestle carried the Frisco siding across Town Creek after first crossing the near Missouri Pacific Railway tracks and the abandoned and removed MKT tracks. The tracks bisected the concrete plant and the Seed Co.; crossing the trestle, and continuing another two blocks to W. Washington St., all the while servicing Burge Bros. Feed Co., then, an MFA Coop, Yoder Oil Co.(Shelly), Armstrong Elevator Co, & finally a DX Oil Co. wholesaler.

Picture: Jim Miller 12/23/2006 AN autumn photo of the previous one. The structure, since added to, was the Cass County Seed Company into the early-to-mid 1960's. A wooden trestle carried the Frisco siding across Town Creek after first crossing the near Missouri Pacific Railway tracks and the abandoned and removed MKT tracks. The tracks bisected the concrete plant and the Seed Co.; crossing the trestle, and continuing another two blocks to W. Washington St., all the while servicing Burge Bros. Feed Co., then, an MFA Coop, Yoder Oil Co.(Shelly), Armstrong Elevator Co, & finally a DX Oil Co. wholesaler.

Pictures by: Jim Miller 12-23-2006 - The north end of the trestle was used as a hopper car dump site for sand for the concrete plant. The seed company elevator and storage garages has been converted into some sort of business or apartment complex approximately soon after the early 1970's.

Picture: Jim Miller 12-23-2006 The north end of the trestle was used as a hopper car dump site for sand for the concrete plant. The seed company elevator and storage garages has been converted into some sort of business or apartment complex approximately soon after the early 1970's.

Pictures by: Jim Miller 12/23/2006 - A view of the Town Mill structure located west of Lords Park in Harrisonville. *Update: My late husband and I bought this property from Harold Cowger in the early 1990's, after the seed operation had been gone for several decades, and we moved our business here, the Gerhard Werner Motorwerke (GWM Corporation) and moved into our home here in 1994. After my husband died I sold GWM Corporation and have continued to live here. We have had many weddings, receptions, and other parties here in our park-like back yard (Towne Creek Mill Gardens) and in our coffee-house/party room (Whizzer's at Towne Creek Mill). Bonnie Werner 08/06/2007*

Picture: Jim Miller 12/23/2006 A view of the Town Mill structure located west of Lords Park in Harrisonville. *Update: My late husband and I bought this property from Harold Cowger in the early 1990's, after the seed operation had been gone for several decades, and we moved our business here, the Gerhard Werner Motorwerke (GWM Corporation) and moved into our home here in 1994. After my husband died I sold GWM Corporation and have continued to live here. We have had many weddings, receptions, and other parties here in our park-like back yard (Towne Creek Mill Gardens) and in our coffee-house/party room (Whizzer's at Towne Creek Mill). Bonnie Werner 08/06/2007*

Directions: Going south on US 71, take the first exit north on Sh 291, go short a distance and turn right on N. Commercial St. Continue on N. Commercial through the first light, under the two RR overpasses, and the mill is on the left just past the cemetary.

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