Anderson Mill Museum - Just 'Cuz

So, our neighborhood was named after this Thomas Anderson (yes like Neo from The Matrix - OMG, I'm SUCH a freaking geek), who back a long long time ago moved up here and built a mill to grind corn or something. Then the civil war happened and it become a gunpowder mill. And then, well, whatever... and now the old site sits at the bottom of Lake Travis (which is man-made obviously). BUT I recently found out that there is a replica.

Not only is there a replica, but it's a MUSEUM. How cool is that? The catch? The place is only open to the general public once per month for 3 hours. No, I'm not making this up. It's open the 4th Sunday of the month from 2pm-5pm March through October. So, gosh darn it, we went on Sunday with our friends D and J. I wasn't expecting much. I mean, seriously... I spent HOURS researching this info and there was so little information out there... but it was only 5 miles away, so off we went.

But it was really cool. And the ladies there (it's operated and maintained by the Volente Garden Club ladies) are SO very nice. They were having a little flower thing and gave my kids lemonade and let them vote on the flower arrangements. It was so very very sweet.

My biggest gripe is that they don't allow photography inside because of insurance reasons. Fair enough, but there were NO SIGNS. If you aren't going to let people take pictures, you need to tell them. I'm not posting any of the interior except for one of bottles that I think is cool - and that you could easily see from the outside. Anyway, it was really neat!

So, pictures are up first and then I'll put some links on here for anyone that's nerdy enough to want to know more about my little neighborhood's namesake.















More Info:
Texas Travel Site
Wikipedia - Anderson Mill
Anderson Mill Garden Club - Info and hours and stuff
Texas Handbook - Little bit of history

So, there you have it :)