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In c1795 Bambo Harris, a freed black slave, built and operated the first water-driven gristmill in the area on Elk Creek. For fifty years his millstones ground wheat and corn. A member of the Prairie Baptist Church, he was highly respected in the community. Bambo Harris lies at rest in the Miltonville Cemetery.
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