Golda's Mill, Historic watermill near Stilwell, Oklahoma

Golda's Mill is a red wooden structure standing next to Bitting Springs, featuring a 20-foot diameter steel wheel that replaced the original wooden one in 1908. The building used an advanced raceway system to direct water power from the springs for grinding grain into meal.

Dr. Nicholas Bitting built Golda's Mill around 1882 on the site of an older mill near Stilwell. Its overshot wheel, 20 feet in diameter, was replaced with a steel wheel in 1908. The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and ran until 1983, when a fire destroyed it.

The mill was built around 1882 by Dr. Nicholas Bitting beside an older mill site near Stilwell, in Adair County, Oklahoma. Its overshot wheel measured 20 feet across, and the original wooden wheel was replaced with a steel one in 1908. The mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 and ran until a fire destroyed it in 1983.

The mill burned down in 1983, so there is no building left to tour; the site near Stilwell is on the National Register but offers no facilities. Plan a short roadside stop rather than a visit, and confirm locally before travelling, since rural Adair County roads are the only approach.

The mill displays the transition from wooden to metal technology in its mechanical parts, making visible the industrial shift in milling practices between the 1880s and early 1900s. Such hybrid designs were common as owners gradually modernized their equipment rather than replacing everything at once.