In 1854, G. W. T. Grant held a land claim for the area that now holds the Pickwick Mill. His family lived in a cabin owned by an Ira Hammond, which was situated on 1,200 acres near La Moille. and modern day Highway 3. On June 19 of that year, Jason E. Rutherford, his wife (sister of G. W. T. Grant's wife, Cynthia Higley McNaughton), their family, and Jason's brother B. W. Rutherford traveled from Ohio through Little Trout Valley in a covered wagon, where they camped at the site that eventually became Pickwick. The next day, they met with the Grant family at Ira Hammond's cabin.
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