The first grist mill in Carson Valley was built in Mill Canyon, Genoa, in 1854 by wheelwright Thomas Knott for Colonel John Reese. William M. Cary moved it to this site in 1865. Behind the mill stood a dwelling house that served as the toll house for the Kingsbury Road. After Robert Falcke purchased it in 1874, it was called the Farmers Mill, and it stood until about 1910.