Bottle trees are a feature of the main street.
Mitchell left Sydney in December 1845 and by June 1846 he had established a depot on the Maranoa, Warrego and Belyando Rivers. He travelled through the area for nearly twelve months and upon his return to Sydney on 29 December 1846 he announced that the land which lay to the west of the Darling Downs was suitable for grazing. Thus Mitchell did much to encourage the settlement of the region. Prior to the arrival of Europeans it is thought to have been occupied by the Mandandanji Aborigines. Cattle duffers Patrick and James Kenniff were arrested south of Mitchell in 1902.