James Packard was the founder of the Packard Sawmill.
Biography[]
Packard was the eldest son of a Boston shipping family[1] and attended Harvard and Yale.[2]
After being inspired by a vision,[1] he traveled west with his wife Unguin, with the intention of settling in Seattle, Washington.[2] They soon decided to instead settle in Twin Peaks, where Packard founded the Packard Sawmill in the late 1880s.[1]
By 1922, management of the mill had been passed down to Packard's son,[2] Thomas Packard.[1]