Buckwheat Flour and a Related Invention in Columbia County

Buckwheat grown in Columbia County and ground at one local mill proved popular at a New York City Hotel. And a Benton man who invented a machine to separate pebbles from the buckwheat during harvesting felt his invention wasn't that important.

July 26, 2026 by Terry Diener | Additional Credits: Sources: The Morning Press, July 17, 1935, Page 04; AI-generated reconstruction of a nineteenth-century buckwheat cleaner and gravel separator