My walk Friday June 24 2022 - Ozark Mill sign being painted

READ MORE HERE: See Old Photos! Mill Preserving the mill’s historic architecture while modernizing it to ensure safety has been no easy task. Construction teams moved the mill over eighty feet while building a new, flood-proof foundation. In March of 2019, it was moved back to its original location. Remodeling has been occurring since then. Morris plans to turn it into a restaurant/brewery that overlooks the river, while additionally reopening it as a functioning grain mill. Throughout the two centuries of change in Ozark’s inhabitants, infrastructure, and community, one famous spot has remained the beacon of the town: the flowing Finley river and the Ozark Mill that sits upon it. As town members and visitors pass by this scenic spot though, they will now notice a chain-link fence and construction equipment crowding the historic building. Johnny Morris, Springfield businessman and founder of Bass Pro Shops, has ambitious plans to transf