A mill was built at Whitney's rapids, below Point Bass, in what was then Indian territory.

The evidence

• “The first cutting of lumber on this stream, of ■which there is any record, was by government soldiers, in 1828, at the building of Fort Winne- "bago. In 1831, a mill was built at Whitney's rapids, below Point Bass, in what was then Indian territory. By 1840, mills were in operation as high up as Big Bull falls, and Wausau had a population of 550 souls.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/04-wisconsin-railroads-commerce-health-statistics.md, PDF p. 183

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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