Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site [MO]
The Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site is the last fully equipped 1860s woolen mill within the United States. The site displays the original equipment in the layout in which it was used to process wool into yarn or cloth. The site employed approximately 25 operatives, 10 weavers, and five apprentices from Swedish, English, Irish, French, German, and Canadian immigrant populations, as well as U.S. citizens.
The site offers mill tours, house tours, mill and house tours for students, 1870s living history demonstrations and activities, living history programs for students, a two-hour one-room schoolhouse program for students, outreach programs for students, interpretive trails, outdoor activities, and picnic facilities.