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The name ”Putikko” originated from the word ”puutikki”, which means a notch-mark made by axe on a pine, to help to find the way to hunting snares. The sawing works in settlement Putikko started in 1774 on the river Putikko which runs into Utrasvesi, at the place Patolampi, now known as Putikon hovi. The sawmill was founded by entrepreneurs who came from Vyborg (then Viipuri). In 1887 the watermill was taken over by a trade counsellor Anders Auvinen from Savonlinna. In 1897 on the coast of the gulf Putikko Auvinen constructed a new steam-operated sawmill. The Firm And. Auvinen OY wound up the sawing activity in 1984, after which the sawmill was consecutively run by 10 different businessmen, till the new millennium, when the sawmill was granted in lease to Russian and Estonian entrepreneurs. The houses of settlement Putikko constructed around the sawmill are dated by the first half of the twentieth century. In 1991 the estate was bought by Lauri Ruohola – the manor was then in poor condition. Further he, jointly with his son Olli, restored the buildings and started organising exhibitions there. In the same buildings Lauri Ruohola founded a museum based on exhibits collected by himself.
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