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Webster bought the mill in 1882 for $ 15,000 and in 1886 hired the Richmond Milling Company to modernize the mill by replacing the burr stones with more efficient steel roll mills, sieves, and sifters. Under Webster's direction the mill prospered and came to be known as the Bridgeton Roller
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Sprague lived there until he sold the mill, which included the house, in 1882 to Daniel
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purchased the house but after his death it sat empty for many years until Chales Peffley eventually bought it. The house served as a single family residence until 1980 when it was converted into a gift shop. Locally it is known as the "1878 House."
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952:Montezuma
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768:March 11,
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476:sandstone
416:Architect
317:buhrstone
295:, in the
277:Bridgeton
253:Area code
203:Time zone
194:Elevation
98:Bridgeton
1311:Sylvania
1306:Superior
1286:Rockport
1281:Pin Hook
1251:Minshall
1246:Milligan
1206:Klondyke
1165:Ferndale
1155:Coxville
1125:Bellmore
962:Rosedale
942:Marshall
830:March 9,
696:March 9,
654:March 9,
588:See also
439:92001167
400:Location
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1160:Diamond
1130:Bethany
1032:Reserve
1027:Raccoon
1017:Liberty
1012:Jackson
997:Florida
555:vents.
493:barrels
483:Mills.
311:History
301:Indiana
270:2830488
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164:Indiana
149:Country
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1195:Jessup
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1110:Arabia
1080:Lyford
1075:Judson
1047:Wabash
1007:Howard
1002:Greene
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279:is an
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1135:Byron
1090:Other
1042:Union
992:Adams
947:Mecca
929:Towns
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347:Sodom
246:47874
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176:Parke
159:State
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1062:CDPs
1022:Penn
832:2015
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