In 1846 Major F. Lockwood built a dam and sawmill on Pettibone Creek northeast of Livingston and Harvey Lake Roads. This sawmill supplied lumber to Highland's earliest settlers until it burned in 1863. In 1867 Chester Chatfield build a cider mill at . . . — — Map (db m20487) HM
Highland's Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1865. Lester and George St. John built this structure in 1886 on three lots donated by J.B. and Betsey Crouse. In 1946 the former Hickory Ridge School, was added to the Victorian church with the . . . — — Map (db m159716) HM
In 1872 Almon Ruggles and Germain St. John platted a village called Highland Centre on land between Milford Road and the new railroad. They named two of the village's streets after themselves, while a third honored late Governor Henry H. Crapo. . . . — — Map (db m78693) HM
