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The mill at Livermore was built by J. E. Henry about 1899. It was an existing mill and was remodeled by the Henry's as a ground pulp mill. At first, the Henry's sold the products of this mill to paper manufacturers. It didn't take long for the Henry's to understand the potential profitability of making and selling paper themselves. Papermaking equipment was added to the Mill complex in Lincoln, and a new chapter was added to the J.E. Henry story. Papermaking was to prove to be a very profitable undertaking, especially since it allowed the use of trees that were too small to be profitably used for lumber. This mill remained a ground pulp mill, sending to Lincoln the raw material for producing the finished paper products. It continued in this capacity during the Parker Young years. One day, shortly after the end of World War II, workers arrived to find the building locked, with a sign saying that it had been closed, and that they were to report to the company in Lincoln. All that remains today are parts of the stone and brick foundation of
the building. It was at this site that area businessmen had hoped to
build a hydro-electric plant in the 1980s. The project never came to
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