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REPORT OF THE 



BEGINNINGS OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY — Continued. 



COUNTY. 



TOWN. 



FIRST 

 SETTLEMENT. 



FIRST 

 SAWMILL. 



BUILT BY. 



Cattaraugus, 



Farmersville, 



1817 



1824 



James Worden. 



Cattaraugus, 



Franklinville, 



1806 



1809 



Henry Conrad. 



Cattaraugus, 



Freedom, 



181I 



1821 



Enoch Howlett. 



Cattaraugus, 



Great A^alley, 



1812 



1812 



James Green. 



Cattaraugus, 



Hinsdale, 



1806 



1815 



Lewis Wood. 



Cattaraugus, 



Humphrey, 



1815 



- 



Foster B. Salisbury. 



Cattaraugus, 



Tschua, 



1812 



1814 



A. M. Farwell. 



Cattaraugus, 



Leon, 



1819 



1824 



Ebenezer Collar. 



Cattaraugus, 



Little Valley, 



1807 



1809 



David Powers. 



Cattaraugus, 



Lyndon, 



1808 



1843 



Jason Sherman. 



Cattaraugus, 



Machias, 



1813 



1822 



Andrew McBuzzell. 



Cattaraugus, 



Mansfield, 



1817 



1837 



Clark Brothers. 



Cattaraugus, 



Napoli, 



1818 



1829 



James Wait. 



Cattaraugus, 



New Albion, 



1818 



1836 



Mathevv Nealy. 



Cattaraugus, 



Clean, 



1804 



1807 



Sheperd &: Thrall. 



Cattaraugus, 



Otto, 



1816 



1822 



Isaac W. Sherman. 



Cattaraugus, 



Perrysburgh, 



181S 



- 



Isaac Balcom. 



Cattaraugus, 



Persia, 



1811 



1814 



Ahaz Allen. 



Cattaraugus, 



Portville, 



1805 



1807 



Green & Dodge. 



Cattaraugus, 



Randolph, 



1820 



1823 



Thomas Harvey. 



Cattaraugus, 



South Valley,* 



1798 



180I 



Quaker Colony. 



Cattaraugus, 



Yorkshire, 



1810 



1814 



Isaac Williams. 



Cayuga, 



Brutus, 



1800 



1808 



Lewis Putnam. 



Cayaga, 



Conquest, t 



1800 



1808 



T •* 1 11 



1 witcnell. 



Cayuga, 



Sterling, 



1805 



1817 



John Cooper. 



Cayuga, 



Throop, 



1790 



1798 



Prentice Palmer. 



Chautauqua, 



Arkwright, 



1807 



1818 



Benjamin Orton. 



Chautauqua, 



Carroll, 



1807 



181I 



John Frew. 



* The mills did work for the white settlers on the usual terms, and furnished lumber for the 

 Indians free. 



fin 1804 James Perkins built the first framed house, sawing out the whole lumber with a whipsaw. 

 The building was still standing in 1859, a monument of persevering industry. 



