In 1848, Samuel Egbert, Horace Ensign, and Thomas Butterfield and their families settled here. In 1849-1850, the settlers built the first canal from the Jordan River; in 1851, Samuel Mulliner tanned the first leather; in 1851, Matthew Gaunt built the first woolen mill in the west; and in 1863, General Patrick E. Conner organized the first mining company. The Jordan Smelter was built in 1870 by J.W. Kerr and Isadore Morris. Archibald and Robert Gardner built a saw mill and later a grist mill.