Scottsville was covered with a dense forest, chiefly of pine and hemlock, but there were also maple ash oak and other trees, including varieties of nut trees. Black Walnut were found growning along the river in addition to the food value of the nuts, the food value of the nuts the lumber was used in some of the early homes being very decorative for mantel shelves and stairways. With no sawmills at first the early settlers cut the trees, rafted them down the river to the nearest mill 60 miles away (Wilkes-Barre ) to be sawed then poled them back up the river in boats. Soon after the settlers were established, they built their own sawmills. the Fassetts had the first sawmill, in Hemlock Bottom. Lumbering was and always has been a large industry in Scottsville. The farmers sold tracts of timber to supplement income from their farms. In the 1800's and early 1900'a two Jennings brother who owned a feed mill and lumcompany at North Mehoopany brought a tract of timber in Scottsvilleand built a large sawmill. this was known as the Scottsville Lumber Co. and gave employment to many people. Many small homes were built children attended the local school, and Scottsville became quite a populous area, as long as the job lasted. Some families remained afterwards, but most moved elsewhere. Among the families who came there to work were Munson and Lydia Carrington, Edward and Fanny Thompson, the Henry Finney family, Mr and Mrs Pewterbaugh. RUSSELL AND VESTA STEVENS COMSTOCK, George and Mary Strong, Otis and Abbie Comstock The Wards, Evans, Myers, and Holdren Families. Not much lumbering was done after that time for many years. [email protected]