LOST COKATO: FLOUR MILLS & GRAIN ELEVATORS

Museum Staff, "Lost Cokato: Flour Mills & Grain Elevators." In The Midst Of, Cokato Historical Society (August, 2025) vol. 45 no. 2.

​Before the diversification of farming, wheat was king in Cokato. J. E. Jenks built the first grain house in 1869. William Davidson and F. R. Delano built Cokato’s first elevator in 1876, right along side the railroad tracks. The second elevator was a circular elevator that was erected in 1879 by local farmers. Unfortunately, the structure burned down shortly after in May of 1881. That same year, Bull Edmonds & Co. and L. Cotfield & Co. each built an elevator. By 1890 there were four elevators in Cokato.

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