Complex sentence: Notley constructed a landing at the mouth of the Palo Colorado River like that at Bixby Landing to the south which he used to ship the tan bark north, and a small village prospered at that spot from 1898 to 1907.
Split into simpler sentences: Notley constructed a landing at the mouth of the Palo Colorado River like that at Bixby Landing to the south. Notley's Landing was used to ship the tan bark north, and a small village prospered at that spot from 1898 to 1907.