KRAUSE MILLING COMPANY GRAIN ELEVATOR AND FLOUR MILL SITE COMPLEX, RADWAY
The Radway district was first settled in the late 1890s by farmers from other areas of Alberta as well as the United States. Starting in 1902, large scale settlements by Ukrainian homesteaders led to the establishment of a number of rural communities. In 1909, the Radway family established a store and post office and later a school, on what became the town site of Radway. The town was established in 1918 when the Edmonton-Ashmont branch of the Canadian Northern Railway (Canadian National Railway) passed through the district. Despite a location which was prone to flooding, Radway developed into a typical rural railway town by the 1920s offering a wide spectrum of services to area residents. In 1927, the Radway Board of Trade was formed and actively lobbied for the establishment of a flourmill in the townsite. When the Krause Milling Co. mill burned down in Bruderheim, the Board urged owner W.A. Krause to reestablish his business in Radway where he could continue serving his existing customers and reach out into the expanding settlement district to the north. The Krause mill and elevator were completed during 1929-30 marking the height of the town's development boom. The Krause elevator is one of five remaining in the community - but the only one representing individual family enterprise on the local level rather than commercial chain operations.