POTTER & SON SAWMILL
Pokegama
March 19, 1903: “We are reliably informed that T.I. Potter, a Michigan capitalist who owns 5,000 acres of timber near the Klamath river, will soon begin the erection of a sawmill on his tract. The mill will have a capacity of 20,000,000 feet per year. We understand that other mills will also be put up in that vicinity during the coming summer.” (Klamath Republican)
June 25, 1903: “J.W. Potter, of Lansing, Mich., a well known lumberman, has lately moved to Klamath county, Oregon, where he takes charge of the business of J.W. and M.R. Potter, who are building a sawmill at Pokegama.” (Klamath Falls Express)
July 16, 1903: “Failure to secure a millsite where a sufficient amount of water to supply the boilers is insured, has delayed the setting up of the big new sawmill near the terminus of the Klamath railroad at Pokegama, by Potter & Son. The machinery has been on the ground for some time and a site was selected and excavations for a dam made and about eight feet of water secured in it, but the supply failed with the coming of dry weather and made the selecting of a new site necessary.--Ashland Tidings.” (Klamath Falls Express)
December 29, 1906: "From Klamath county the sale of the Miner tract of 2,000 acres of yellow pine to a Wisconsin syndicate is reported, the consideration being $45,000. The purchasers of this timber are also said to be negotiating for the Potter mill, near Klamath Falls, which has a capacity of 100,000 feet a day. If the mill is bought it will be moved to some point near Pokegama, where transportation facilities can be had." (American Lumberman)
April 17, 1910: "The Potter sawmill at Pokegama, 23 miles southwest of Keno, has been purchased. It is now being dismantled and the machinery is to be taken to Gold Hill to be installed in a new mill at this place and will have a daily capacity of 250,000 feet of lumber." (Oregonian)