They built a large brick building on the north
side of the canal (where the bank building now stands). Here they
conducted an impressive general store dealing exclusively in canal imported
merchandise. Walker Bros. Mill, containing 4 run of Bur Machinery, was
located immediately south of this structure (present picnic area).
This mill along with Rubottom Mill and the John Armstrong dwelling, livery
stable, and grocery all burned in the destructive fire of April 1856. |
