My great-grandmother was Emaline Francis Bolen.  She and her husband were the parents of 11 children, one of which was my grandfather, Humphrey C. Reddick, Jr.

   Goodspeed's history does not mention my great-grandfather but he was known as "the old country doctor."  He carried a black bag and delivered babies, but the family does not know if he any formal training.

   I included this part of the history of the area because I am so very proud of it.

   Milltown was named for the lumber mill which stood there between 1900 and 1901. No one is sure exactly when the mill began or closed down. The Big Slough Ditch went through in 1913, and the mill was gone then.

   Ford Holligan operated the mill but it was owned by the National Box Company.  Holligan's wife ran a boardinghouse nearby.

   The store was owned and operated by Ike Wilkinson, and later, Jim Wilcox and Jasper Bateman.

   Around 1908 or 1909, Lawrence Dennington operated another store about one mile northeast of the Reddick school house.  It was situated by another bridge.

   Also around 1908, a canal was cut from Milltown to Brighton to float logs to the Southern Pole and Piling Company at Brighton.  Four holes were drilled into a two-by-four and large pegs, known as "toggles," were driven into four logs to hold them together to float them down the river.

contributor: Donna G. Reddick