Rev Hezekiah Best moved to Cass County in 1857, paying “$30,00 in gold” for an estate called “Forest Home” on Two Run Creek in the area east of Kingston. He erected a grist mill, a gin and saw mill. The mill’s flour was considered to be of high quality.
The Standard & Express, 1875

According to local papers, many “socials” were held at Best’s Mill. It was overhauled in 1891.