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Archive Home > 2001 > July > 17 > Timber was king at old mill sites on river’s bend

Timber was king at old mill sites on river’s bend

By Leon Pantenburg / The Bulletin
July 17, 2001

In the early days, shortly after the sawmills opened in 1916, the logs were sometimes so big they had to be dynamited in half so they could fit through the 14-foot-high band saw.

But it was the shortage of timber that finally caused the last sawmill in the Old Mill District to be shut down in....

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