Millwood, California

Millwood was a lumber boomtown located in present-day Sequoia National Forest near Converse Basin Grove in California.

As part of their operation, they constructed the Millwood sawmill, a high-elevation mill located near the headwaters of the Kings River.

[2]: 144 In the early 1890s, Fresno County built a new stage road connecting the town of Sanger to Millwood, improving access to the Sierra region.

[3]: 46  This led to an increase in people visiting the Converse Basin Grove and the newly established General Grant National Park.

However, the stagecoach also became a target for robberies, with outlaws Christopher Evans and John Sontag carrying out a holdup on the Millwood coach in 1892.

A historical marker was installed in 1965 in nearby Squaw Valley, located at the intersection of Highway 180 and National Forest Road 13S97.

Fresno County map