Bridgeton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Raccoon Township, Parke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

That same year a hewn log bridge was built to span the Big Raccoon Creek giving farmers to the north of town easier access to the mill.

Ketchum soon sold his share back to Searing and in 1851 Mullikin acquired complete ownership of the mill.

Webster had been a farmer and had made a small fortune in the coal mining business before investing in the mill.

On Saturday's and public days the mill acted as a community social center with people conducting business and exchanging gossip.

For twenty-five cents a gallon of whiskey could be bought and the townsmen would engage in horse races and sometimes fights.

Sprague decided to rebuild and the present mill was erected in 1871, it is considered the most historically important building in the district.

With a sandstone foundation and heavy timber frame the mill stands three stories and is capped by a gable roof.

Brake and Miller continued to run the mill until 1935 when Hugh W. Knoll purchased it, but only for a brief period, before selling it to A. Dale Hough for $3,000.

Hansel had the roll mill and burr stones removed and added a concrete block extension to the south.

With the construction of the Mansfield Dam in 1957, and the already declining water level of the Big Raccoon Creek, the Weises converted the mill to an electric powered feed grain operation.

1969 brought the end of daily operations at the mill though products were still produced and sold to tourists and by mail order year-round.

Along with help, and recipes, from the Weise family, the mill continues to operate today "10 till tired", April 1 through the second weekend of December.

(pictured at right) Located on Main Street it is a two-story wood-frame house featuring Italianate ornamentation resting on a sandstone foundation.

In 1899 James H. Kerr purchased the house but after his death it sat empty for many years until Chales Peffley eventually bought it.