Harper's Mill is a rustic, water-powered mill located on Tom Sawyer Island in Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom. It serves as a tribute to classic American literature and Disney animation, blending elements from

Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Fau ...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (also simply known as ''Tom Sawyer'') is a novel by Mark Twain published on June 9, 1876, about a boy, Tom Sawyer, growing up along the Mississippi River. It is set in the 1830s-1840s in the town of St. Petersbu ...

'' with Disney's 1937 animated short '' The Old Mill''. The mill is named after Joe Harper, a character from Twain's novel who is one of Tom Sawyer's close friends. This naming choice reinforces the literary theming of Tom Sawyer Island, which opened to guests on May 20, 1973. Inside the mill, guests could observe a scene reminiscent of ''The Old Mill'', featuring creaking gears and a nesting bluebird, accompanied by the tune " Down by the Old Mill Stream" , Disney has announced that Tom Sawyer Island, including Harper's Mill, will close on July 7, 2025, to make way for a new ''

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''-themed area called Piston Peak National Park . This development is part of a larger expansion within Magic Kingdom's

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Lafitte's Tavern

In Disneyland, the structure originally known as Harper's Mill was reimagined in 2007 as Lafitte's Tavern during the transformation of Tom Sawyer Island into Pirate's Lair, incorporating themes from the '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series.

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