6/1/2025
6/1/2025
Landmark information
- Location:
SW corner on hillside, Chiles and Pope Rd and Lower Chiles Valley Rd, 3.6 mi N of Hwy 128, Chiles Valley - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
2/7/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/1/2025 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 32.112, W 122 20.237
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Chiles Grist Mill
Built by Joseph Ballinger Chiles who first came to California in 1841. He erected the mill on Rancho Catacula in 1845-46, the first American flour mill in northern California. The mill was still used in the 1880's. Chiles was a vice-president of the Society of California Pioneers, 1850-53.