Joseph Palmer erected a sawmill in 1828
on the site now occupied by Joseph Slaytons steam sawmill.
A Mr. Galloway built a sawmill on
1ot 33
which went to decay many years ago.
Dusenbury and Congdon built another mill some time after, about 40 rods farther up the
stream, and that was burned in 1861.
The land upon which these mills stood was
owned by J.C.Wright.
1853,
Joseph Slayton, who held the distinction of being the 1st child born in the vicinity in
1823 built a water power mill on the old sawmill site and in 1873
it was connected into a steam power mill and was capable of sawing 2,000,000. feet of lumber per annum.
Ryders water power sawmill, located on Wolf Creek was built in
1853 by W.B. Ryder and sawed
300,000. feet of lumber per annum.
By 1855
there were at least eight sawmills between Clarksville and Obi, a distance of about three miles and the clearing of land began in earnest. Land at that time
could be bought for $1.25 acre.
Another place I read that the 1st sawmill was erected by Samuel King on Dodge Creek in
1832.
I understand that Fred Slayton told Clifford Graves some years ago
that his great grandfather Slayton had a saw mill across creek and sawed lumber for the house that Clifford Graves lives in.
The Congdon ,.Sawmill was back of store here in town.
Lawrence Sisson, Sr. remembers Wagoners sawmill on Wolf Run Rd. in back of Ted Wagoners house.
Walter Hunt had a sawmill by Ernout place.Bert Peckhams sawmill this side of pond at Obi.
Henry Sisson and Sons by Dean Sissons home.
LAD Lumber Co. and later Duttons sawmill.
Mill back of Cooper placeand Fred Ryder had a sawmill.
Walter Hunt sawed main timbers for Sissons mill.
