 There was also a two-story fire department building, providing around the clock service, that started with a horse-drawn wagon then a fire truck, the "First National Bank", a barber shop, and the "Dixie Theater.Circa 1913, Long-Bell acquired the Ludington Lumber Company and transferred 3000 acres (for $157,000) to shore up the stumpage (uncut lumber) reserve.When the mill burned in 1920, there were an estimated 2500 residents in the town meaning it rivaled Fullerton.