It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week we offer a post card of Trippe Lake. Trippe Lake had its beginnings when James Trippe put in a dam for a sawmill in 1841. The site was an important industrial location for 150 years. In 1859, the sawmill was replaced with a straw paper mill that operated until around 1900. In 1913, the paper mill was replaced with a large milk condensery that became a fluid milk plant after World War II operated by the Hawthorn-Mellody Company. It closed in 1992. Now the lake provides a nice view to owners of condos on the Hawthorn-Mellody site.

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