In 1833, Union Township contained several flouring mills, saw mills, fulling mills, and carding machines. It also had a flouring mill, planing mill, and cider mill. By the 1830s, Perry Township contained three churches, four flouring mills, and five saw mills. In 1873, a cheese factory and flouring mill opened. Also present at one time were brickyards, a flouring mill, and machine shops. It contained three stores, one flouring and saw mill, pearl ash factory and tannery. The first flouring mill was built by R. C. Knox & Co., in 1957. In 1883 the town then had a flouring mill of 200 barrels daily capacity. It was NRHP-listed as Box Elder Flouring Mill. New Prague Flouring Milling Company completed its mill in 1895. After the war, he incorporated the Dallas Grain, Elevator, and Flouring Company in 1872. In 1873, the Windfall Steam Flouring Mill was founded. The Shawnee Flouring Mill, long integral to the city, still dominates the skyline of downtown.