The War Eagle Bean Palace Restaurant on the third floor of the Mill will open for a full country breakfast at 7:00a.m. with War Eagle biscuits and gravy, eggs and sausage and giant cinnamon rolls all four mornings of the fair. The lunch specialty is War Eagle beans and cornbread with the cornmeal being ground on a 150-year old stone buhr mill on the first floor of the mill. Food concessionaires in the mill yard include an array of snack foods to full diners and take home featuring: Beef Wellington, spinach and broccoli puffs, Cowboy Barbecue Ribs, chicken sandwiches, corn dogs, Mediterranean pita sandwiches stuffed with marinated chicken, fresh sautéed veggies and wine sauce, curly fries, flaky pastry apple, cheese and cherry strudel, ice cream, gelati, strawberry crepes, homemade peanut brittle, fudge, candies and fresh squeezed lemonade. Hot peanuts and almonds are roasted in antique roasters with ice cold sarsaparilla.

Celebrating its annual fair, the rebuilt War Eagle Mill opened in October 1973. The stone buhr grinders are powered by an 18-foot undershot waterwheel, the only working undershot in the United States. As the fourth mill on the same foundation, this mill structure was built the same as the third mill, which burned in 1924. The first mill washed away in 1848 along with the log and stone dam. The second mill was burned by the order of a Confederate general to keep the Union Army from grinding corn for the northern troops. The third mill was subsequently built in 1873. One hundred years later the fourth mill was built by Jewell and Leta Medlin and Zoe Medlin Caywood to preserve the history of grist milling and its importance to the pioneer community.

Over 25 different whole grain products are produced at the mill including cornmeal, whole wheat flour, rye flour, buckwheat flour, grits, cereals, biscuit mix, buckwheat pancake and waffle mix, cornbread mix, hush puppy mix, pancake and muffin mix, fish fry coating, and bread mixes. Many new flours for bread machines such as unbleached bread flour, gluten flour, oat and millet flour are now being sold. The second floor houses the War Eagle Mercantile with hundreds of gift items, kitchenware, crafts, and old-fashioned graniteware dishes in numerous colors. The mill is regularly open daily from 8:30a.m. to 5:00p.m. year round except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and weekends only during January and February, weather permitting. A free mail order catalog is available upon request.

From Rogers, take Scenic Highway 12 east 13 miles to War Eagle Road (98), turn south 1 ½ miles.

For more information, contact Barbara Lisle at 11045 War Eagle Road, Rogers, AR 72756. Telephone 479-789-5343. Fax 479-789-5100.

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