- 1834 Michigan Territory surveyed by U. S. Government.
- 1844 Charles F. H. Goodhue Jr. purchases land and builds a combined grist mill and distillery.
- 1848 Cooperage building constructed for making barrels.
- 1853 Goodhue distillery/mill destroyed by fire.
- 1868 William Howe purchases Goodhue property and builds a new grist mill.
- 1872 Mill acquired by Louis Hyde and Elias Teall.
- 1881 Mill purchased by William T. Kelley.
- 1882 Mill purchased from Kelley by Catherine Beckmann, wife of Hanover miller August Beckmann.
- 1890-1892 Mill serves as Newark Post Office with August’s son Henry Beckmann as postmaster.
- 1893 Herman Rudolph Grünke, August Beckmann’s son-in-law, becomes partner in mill.
- 1908 August Beckmann dies.
- 1909 Mill operation taken over by Charles and Henry Beckman who buy out the Grünke interest.
- 1924 New concrete dam replaces early wooden one.
- 1925 Mill renovated. Drive-though and side rooms added.
- 1939 Henry Beckman dies. Charles continues as miller.
- 1954 Milling business ceases.
- 1966 Charles Beckman dies.
- 1977 Mill placed on National Register of Historic Places.
- 1978 Beckman Mill and property sold to Rock County.
- 1984 Beloit Izaak Walton League funds Feasibility Study.
- 1990 Friends of Beckman Mill, Inc. formed.
- 1991 Mill stabilization and restoration begins.
- 1991 Mill on "Most Endangered Historic Properties" list.
- 1997 FBM wins American Assn. for Local History Award.
- 1998 Mill restoration completed and tours begin.
- 1998 FBM hosts Society for the Preservation of Old Mills convention.
- 2001 New dam completed.
- 2002 Fish passage completed.
- 2003 Construction of Visitors’ Center begins.
- 2004 Cooperage (Beckman home) project completed.
- 2005 Visitors’ Center nearing completion.
- 2006 Visitors' Center completed.
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| 1834 Michigan survey |
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| Early Mill |
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| Catherine Beckmann |
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| August Beckmann |
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| Herman Grünke |
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