By 1874, Charles A. Pillsbury and Company owned five mills at the falls, and in 1879, Washburn-Crosby Company (now General Mills) owned four mills.
Ab 1874 besaß Charles A. Pillsbury and Company fünf Mühlen an den Wasserfällen und die Washburn-Crosby Company (heute General Mills) besaß 1879 vier Mühlen.