First Saw Mill in San Mateo County, California

First Saw Mill

 

About three hundred feet south of ths monument on the banks of Alambique Creek, stood San Mateo County's first saw mill built by Chalres Brown in 1847. About the same time Dennis Martin was building a second mill on San Francisquito Creek. Both were run by water power and were similar in structure to the famous Sutter's Mill at Coloma.

 

State Registerd Landmark No. 478

 

Marker place by the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County in cooperation with the San Mateo County Historical Association.

 

Dedicated June 8, 1951

Submitted by Eric Goodill.