He made the first land claim and framed the first building in Stillwater.
He nervously unfolded The Stillwater Gazette, and sat with his eyes fastened on the paper.
He had looked forward for years to this coming back to Stillwater.
He came to Stillwater in 1846, where he followed the business of lumbering.
He owns one farm of six hundred and forty acres within the limits of Stillwater.
