What is Valley Water Mill?
So, just what is Valley Water Mill?
The Valley Water Mill area has had a long history of industry in the middle and late nineteenth century when it was used as a grist mill and pond, and then as a water supply for the City of Springfield in the early and middle twentieth century. Prior to that, the site was a homestead, and Indian campsite, and a place of brief pre-historic use. The grist mill was in service at least until 1898 and in 1908 the Springfield water Company constructed a new dam creating the lake you see today. (Information taken from an Intensive Phase 1 Cultural Resources Survey of the Valley Water Mill Area, Greene County, Missouri. Center for Archeological Research, Report No. 1278, May 2005. Missouri State University.)
It is a natural place
VWM contains a wide variety of natural and man-made features, including a seventeen-acre lake, wetlands, spring-fed stream, caves, sinkholes, glades and forests. To take advantage of these natural features, a 2 1/2 mile walking trail loops around the entire site, connecting the four major outdoor classrooms or “learning stations.”
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