Article on early history of Luffenholtz mills in 1851 - 1853 by Byron Deming of Arcata. Baron Luffenholtz arrived in Trinidad in 1851 with a sawmill outfit and Swedish spruce lumber with which he built a building. He constructed a mill near the mouth of Luffenholtz Creek. His building was on the Gastman Ranch. In 1852 Byron Deming rebuilt a mill at this same spot and he ran it until 1853 at which time in moved it to Trinidad. Byron sold 100,000 BF of cut lumber to a ship's captain at $60/1000 BF = $6000.