The peak population of the town reached an estimated 600 residents. In 1918 the mill was destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in 1919 with a double-circular mill of the same size. Within a year, the Peavy-Moore Lumber Company of Deweyville took ownership, and operated the site until the nearby timber became exhausted.
The town's population peaked at an estimated 600 residents, then a fire destroyed the mill in 1918 but was rebuilt in 1919 as a double-circular mill of the same size. The Peavy-Moore Lumber Company took over the site and operated it until the nearby timber ran out.