The year 1794 saw the first settlers from Vermont arrive in the area, led by Elder Abel Stevens. In 1796 Stevens was granted 3 lots on the creek and rapids between the upper and lower beverley lakes and had the first mill built, forming the nucleus of a new community, later to be known as Delta. In 1810, William Jones and Ira Schoefield has a new stone mill built, today's Old Stone Mill, spurring on economic activity and village growth.