Founded in 1889 by M.D. Keeney and Sons as Enterprise Paper Mill, the Antioch Fibreboard Company was purchased in 1900 by the Brown brothers, destroyed by fire in 1912 and rebuilt, then purchased in 1912 by Parafine Paint Company Inc. and operated as the California Paper and Board Mill; after another fire in 1918, it was rebuilt again and operated until 1972, contributing largely to the town's economy.