SETH SIMMONS SAWMILL
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Lane County - Lake Creek, Greenleaf
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November 19, 1900: "First sawmill on Lake Creek. Seth Simmons is building the first sawmill on Lake Creek, two miles from here (Greenleaf). The engine and machinery are on the ground. It will be a 'muley' saw. The hauling of lumber has been so expensive that the majority of the settlers in this section have lived in log houses and shake shacks, though in the last few years several substantial and handsome residences have been built of lumber hauled over the mountains." (The Morning Oregonian)