The Bowersock Milling Company operates two mills - the Douglas County Flour Mills, with a capacity of 500 barrels, and the Pacific Mills, for corn meal, with a capacity of 200 barrels per day. The Douglas County Elevator has a capacity of 100,000 bushels of wheat. The tracks of the Santa Fe railroad run between the mills and the elevator, affording unexcelled shipping facilities. These mills are among the oldest and best known in Kansas, and were the first to use Middlings purifiers and steel rolls. These mills are run wholly by water power and use only Kansas winter wheat. The elevator is favorably located both for receiving wheat from farmers' wagons and also from cars. The wheat is spouted to the mills through an iron pipe 150 feet in length.

The property is maintained fully abreast of the times. The latest improved machinery and the best facilities for rapid work are used. These mills use about 1,000,000 bushels of grain annually. The product has a wide distribution, the bulk of it going to the Southern States."

This sketch and description is found in E.F.Caldwell's "A Souvenir History of Lawrence, Kansas, 1898." Press of Lawton and Burnap, Kansas City, Mo. The two mills were located on the south bank of the Kansas River (Kaw River)adjacent to a small dam and bridge, a location easily recognized in present downtown Lawrence.