In 1873 he built a salmon cannery on the Washington side of the Columbia River by Jim Crow Point, naming the place in honor of his wife Nellie Smith's birthplace of North Brookfield, Massachusetts.
He built a salmon cannery on the Washington side of the Columbia River by Jim Crow Point. This was in 1873. He was naming the place in honor of his wife Nellie Smith's birthplace of North Brookfield. This was in 1873. Nellie Smith's birthplace of North Brookfield was Massachusetts.