▁along ▁Middle ▁Pr ong , ▁just ▁above ▁Walker ▁Valley . ▁ ▁While ▁English ' s ▁l umber ing ▁vent ure ▁turned ▁a ▁small ▁profit , ▁a ▁flo od ▁along ▁Little ▁River ▁apparently ▁w ip ed ▁out ▁his ▁spl ash ▁d ams ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 9 0 s , ▁and ▁his ▁vent ure ▁had ▁fol ded ▁by ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁ ▁The ▁Little ▁River ▁L umber ▁Company ▁ ▁While ▁Will ▁Walker ▁allowed ▁English ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁spl ash ▁dam ▁and ▁do ▁minor ▁logging ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁Pr ong ▁waters hed , ▁he ▁dis lik ed ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁large - scale ▁logging ▁operations ▁m ow ing ▁down ▁his ▁valley ' s ▁vir gin ▁for ests . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 1 , ▁Colonel ▁Wilson ▁B . ▁Town send ▁and ▁several ▁associ ates ▁formed ▁the ▁Little ▁River ▁L umber ▁Company ▁and ▁bought ▁up ▁ ▁of ▁land ▁along ▁Little ▁River ▁between ▁T uck ale e che e ▁and ▁the ▁river ' s ▁source ▁on ▁the ▁s lop es ▁of ▁C ling man ' s ▁D ome . ▁ ▁Walker , ▁however , ▁refused ▁to ▁sell ▁Middle ▁Pr ong , ▁forcing ▁Town send ' s ▁operations ▁east ward ▁to ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁El km ont . ▁ ▁Town send ▁set ▁up ▁a ▁band ▁saw ▁mill ▁in ▁T uck ale e che e , ▁and ▁the ▁town ▁that ▁be ars ▁his ▁name ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁vic inity . ▁ ▁He ▁formed ▁the ▁Little ▁River ▁Rail road ▁to ▁connect ▁the