The Eagle Mill was Built in 1872 as a Flour Mill and Paper Mill in Kaukauna, Wisconsin by John Stoveken. It was using straw at that time to make Manila paper. This Mill was the first Paper Mill in the U. S. to use Pulp wood to make paper beginning in 1878 . The first machines to make paper from wood pulp were designed here and patented in 1879. John and his brother Henry Frambach combined had 17 US patents. The patents were primarily in the paper industry. However John Stoveken later became involved in the Gold Mining and refining business and had developed a process to reduce the cost of Gold recovery and recieved 5 patents for equipment and processes to recover gold. John Stoveken is the GG Grandfather of the author.
