The official "Møllebogen" (Miller's record book) comes home

The Danish Windmill in Elk Horn, Iowa received a special gift in 2012. The official “Møllebogen” (Miller’s record book) from the Nørre Snede Windmill was given to the Danish Windmill Manager Lisa Steen Riggs by Peter Vestergaard, the great grandson of the last miller Kristen Vestergaard (1866-1950). The gift was presented in Silkeborg, Denmark on August 14, 2012 at the home of Erling and Else Sørensen. Kristen Vestergaard was the Miller from 1912 to 1947. The Book has all the customer records of what they had ground and purchased at the Mill plus the prices they paid from as early as 1914 to 1947. It is known that there was a fire in the top of the mill in 1943 and was rebuilt by Kristen. The Mill was sold to Julius Hansen in 1947, a retired newspaper editor, and it no longer worked until the citizens of Elk Horn purchased the Mill in 1975, making the impossible dream came true for the Danish American Village of Elk Horn, Iowa. Learn more at http://www.danishwindmill.com