Valley of the Mills exhibit provides information on the mill's history, wheat farming and milling in Mora County, as well as a historical overview of the history of western Mora County. Wheat farming and milling were Mora County’s most important economic enterprises for nearly a century.
Mora County The Early Years: This exhibit consists of about 80 photographs representing an historical overview of Western Mora County; it's people, landscape, architecture, and environment from 1850 to 1950.
Mora Area Farmer & Family (circa 1880)
Courtesy of the Museum of New Mexico.
Mora Merchants & Apache Guards
Courtesy of the New Mexico
State Archives.
Early Tourists 1960.
The restoration of the mill began in 1979 when it was listed on the National Register For Historic Places, and then, the NM State Register of Cultural properties. Work began on the building in 1984 and by 1992 was substantially restored, though the work continues.
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