He ran a ferry across the Chippewa, a planing mill, a sash and door factory, and invented the sheer boom to efficiently shunt logs into Half Moon Lake.
He donated the land for Randall Park, Lakeview Cemetery and the Eau Claire Area School District.
[1] There he became a building contractor and made a little money, with which he bought an interest in a sawmill in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in the fall of 1855.
He built a small planing mill and secured the right to operate a ferry on the Chippewa River between the east and west sides.
[4][5] The Eau Claire Landmarks Commission created a commemorative marker of the life of Randall which is located in Owen Park along the Chippewa River Trail.