Samuel Taylor was ahead of his time in producing recycled paper products from rags and old papers that his employees collected from various California cities and in creating the first fish ladder on the West Coast to help fish swim upstream around the dam near his paper mill.
Samuel Taylor was an innovator who developed innovative methods for recycling paper products from discarded materials collected by his employees in California cities. He also pioneered the construction of a fish passage system near his paper mill, allowing fish to migrate upstream.