During that winter the Williams and family built a sawmill, which began operations in the spring of 1834.

He built a sawmill and then another one in partnership with others.

In 1843 he built a sawmill on the east bank of the river.

First he went into the lumber business, cutting trees and building a sawmill.

He built a sawmill with his brother in 1817.

Captain Richardson built a sawmill near the mouth of the river in 1853.

He built a sawmill, but it was demolished as more people came to the area.

White settlers arrived in the summer of 1870, and soon built a sawmill.

All went well until 1848, when he decided to build a sawmill 50 miles to the east, and the builders found gold.

The lumber company never built a permanent sawmill in the area.