The River Don Trading Company was originally established under a different name by the Cumming Brothers, migrants to the River Don from Nova Scotia. Their business traded in blackwood. The firm later became known as 'Cumming and Rayment', and then 'Henry and Rayment '. By 1872 the firm was trading as the 'River Don Trading Company' under John Henry.;;The stores in the Company are often identified by Branch numbers - 1 Devonport, 2 Ulverstone, 3. Cash Grocery, Zeehan, 4. Burnie, 5. Wynyard, 6. Penguin, 7. W T York - Zeehan, York Schmidt - Sheffield, 9. Rosebery. In 1962 Zeehan became Savage River No 3.