Thomas's Mills
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In 1850 George Thomas operated a sawmill here, and in the next decade, as settlers began to arrive, he built a gristmill. The new village, also known as Gull Lake, was a few miles south of the Reverend Leonard Slater’s Baptist Indian mission. Thomas dominated local affairs, being the leading merchant, the postmaster, a large landowner, and a member of the state legislature.
At the turn of the century, when the village was practically abandoned, Gull Lake became popular as a summer resort.
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