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Charles Merrill was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on January 3, 1792 (the area became part of Maine in 1820). [1] He was the seventh of the children of James Merrill - who was one of the principal citizens of Falmouth. Merrill spent his earlier years on his father's farm and obtained an education attending the common school during the winter ...
In 1969, the Grossmans sold the business to Evans Products Co. By the time of the sale, Grossman's had become the largest lumber and building materials retailer in New England and had also become involved in the redevelopment of vacant mill buildings. [2] In 1933, Grossman founded Home Owners Federal Savings and Loan Association of Boston.
1815 Napoleon brought into Falmouth Harbour on board HMS Northumberland. 1817 Provident Institution for the relief of poor in winter founded. 1817 Falmouth Savings Bank founded. 1818 Unitarian Chapel built in the Moor. 1819 Cornish Naval Bank carried on by Messrs. Praed, Rogers, Tweedy, and Williams. 1819 First Gas-Works established by Mr. Wynne.
A history of the lumber industry in the state of New York (US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Forestry, 1902) online; Fries, R. J. Empire in Pine. The Story of Lumbering in Wisconsin, 1830-1900 (1951); Irland, Lloyd C. "Maine Lumber Production, 1839-1997: A Statistical Overview." Maine History 38.1 (1998): 36–49. online
Cecil Lindo was born in 1870, in Falmouth, Jamaica, to Frederick Lindo and Grace Morales, the sixth of ten children.. He migrated to Costa Rica from Jamaica at age 18. His older brothers, Howard, Abraham and Robert had arrived in 1885 to work for Minor Cooper Keith, who was building a railroad from Limon to San Jose. [2]
With Hardy Magerko as leader, 84 Lumber began targeting construction customers and thus added a professional sales force, consisting of 450 new sales representatives, to the team. While this proved to be successful, the company was still facing stiff competition from big-box retail stores and saw the need to expand into the growing do-it ...
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Interfor Corporation is one of the largest lumber producers in the world. [3] The company's sawmilling operations have a combined manufacturing capacity of over 5.2 billion board feet of lumber with sales to North America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. Interfor is based in Vancouver, BC and employs approximately 5200 people.