A short history of sawmills and other industry along Mill Creek in the Flathead Valley, including the town of Jessup
--By Keith Hammer and Debbie Sanders. Republished October 2001.
In this paper we would like to convey to you a short history of the upper Mill Creek area. This area is situated near Creston, between Broeder's saw mill and the potholes east of the Creston National Fish Hatchery, and once supplied the natural resources necessary for several saw mills, a brewery, and two grist mills located along the creek. These establishments in turn started the town of Jessup located near the present site of the fish hatchery.
The first productive establishment to be started in this area was a small sawmill built by Jesse Yenne. It was located upstream from the present fish hatchery, but it is now submerged in the Jessup Mill Pond. At this time the area had not been cleared and the creek, then known as Lang Creek, was still a free flowing stream...
