John W. and Silas S. Fallas settled here in 1837 and founded a village that soon had a chair factory, sawmill, and gristmill. About 1840, the first of several wooden bridges was placed across the Flat River, but all were destroyed in a short time by high water and massive spring ice jams. In 1871, bridge builder Jared N. Bresee of Ada received a contract to build the present structure. Built at a cost of $1500, the bridge has lattice-work trusses made of white pine timbers. Its roof and siding protect the timbers from rot, and repairs in 1905 and 1945 kept the bridge safe for traffic for one hundred years.