Pillsbury Mill on Cow Island?

[aopel]

Does anyone know if there is any public access to the Pillsbury windmill site on Cow Island? I have an old guide book from the '70s that talks about tying up to the Camp Idlewild dock and asking permission to walk up to the mill. Has anyone been there or know of a landowner who might let a small group walk up to the site?

[TomC]

You may want to try following the link to it here:

http://www.cowislandnh.com/

and post your question..

[JTA]

The old mill was disassembled, moved and reframed and finished as a private camp on Cow Is.

[cowisl]

Idlewild is a private association...

[Islander2]

Does anyone know if there is any public access to the Pillsbury windmill site on Cow Island? I have an old guide book from the '70s that talks about tying up to the Camp Idlewild dock and asking permission to walk up to the mill. Has anyone been there or know of a landowner who might let a small group walk up to the site?

I have newpaper clipping about the old mill, with some pictures. Have not hiked over to it in about 5 years, as there is not much left to see. All that is there now is some old timbers, from where it was, as it has been moved. As said previously, Idlewild is now private, and docking is no longer allowed.

[Rattlesnake Gal]

A while back I did a bit of looking around regarding Cow Island history. Can anyone back up the connection of the Pillsbury Mill on Cow with the now Pillsbury Flour Company? If I am remembering correctly, (through the Pillsbury site I think) I did learn that some of the founders of the company lived in NH, but not in the lakes region.