"Scheuerman Mill, Otis, Kansas"¬Ý

By Michael Boss

Gouache on Rag Board

14’Äù X 17"

From the Collection of Midwest CPA

Builder and operator of the grist mill Henry Scheuerman, Sr. and his family emigrated from Yagodnaya Polyana, Russia¬Ý in 1875. Coming from Baltimore, Maryland, they settled in Rush County, Kansas.¬Ý Scheuerman built his mill in 1878 and continued to mill grain until 1890.¬Ý Allegedly, people came from as far as Ellis County to have their grain milled.¬Ý