Location: 325 W. Lowell Rd., just south of the intersection at CR 325 W & Lowell Road at Driftwood River public access site, west of Columbus and I-65. (Bartholomew County, Indiana)
Erected 1988 Union Community Extension Homemakers
ID# : 03.1988.1
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From 1830 to 1880 the community of Lowell Mills thrived here along Driftwood River. There were two grist mills, a cooperage, a shoemaker's shop, a distillery, a saw mill, a woolen mill, an inn and general store. When the mills closed, the town was abandoned.
Keywords
Business, Industry, and Labor, Historic District, Neighborhoods, and Towns