Following the 1904 opening of the area to homesteading, the first settlers began to arrive in the area that would become Nokomis. The Franklin Realty and Trading Co. was incorporated April 30, 1907, with brothers-in-law Aaron (A.C.) Allison of Malone and George Brush of Brushton as its principals. Allison had previously been a railroad superintendent and partner in the Symonds & Allison confectionery business and now turned his attention to the real estate and land development business. Beginning in 1907, Mr. Allison spent summers in Nokomis and winters in Malone for many years:
"The men who are making Nokomis seem to have confidence in the camp. They believe that Nokomis is the coming town and her merchants will recognize it at once as a great distributing point, a sort of commercial center for the Last Mountain Valley and Quill Plains country."and the boom is described:
"More than thirty buildings have been completed in ninety days, all fairly good-sized buildings up-to-date, and really remarkable for so new a town. ... While the development has been remarkable at Nokomis during the past three months and will continue until winter sets in, the real push will probably not be in full swing until next spring, when both the Grand Trunk Pacific and the Canadian Pacific will have a regular through service from Winnipeg to Edmonton."In 1909, A.C. Allison was already reporting success in his land development and farming operations:
More than a decade after its founding, the Franklin Realty & Trust Co. was still reporting success in Nokomis:
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