It is now a museum and park run by Chase County preserving the state's last working water-powered mill.

The location of the town was chosen because a natural three-foot (one meter) rock waterfall on the Frenchman Creek was deemed a prime site for a mill.

Thomas Scott acquired land and water rights in exchange for his promise to build a mill on the site.

An earthen dam and a mill were built and production of flour and animal feed began in 1889.

The historic district comprises the 1887 dam, headrace, and the three-story frame mill whose oldest sections was built in 1892.