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The town was built in 1897 around a mill for the McCormick Lumber Company, owned by George and Harry McCormick, which began operations the following year. [2] [3] Located on a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad, a post office was named after the mill and established around that time, [a] remaining in operation until 1929.
To feed the mill McCormick's St. Helens Timber Company also purchased 4,000 acres of timber. In 1912 McCormick formed the St. Helens Lumber Company as parent company over Helens Mill Company and the St. Helens Timber Company. In 1912 McCormick expanded the company with a second sawmill, a creosoting plant and shipyard, the St. Helens shipyard.
The severity of pollution from the Wyckoff Company wood treatment plant was first documented in the 1970’s by state and federal agencies, but it was only when property values started to drop in 1983 that the Bainbridge community at large became involved. [6]
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Charles Merrill (January 3, 1792 – December 28, 1872) was an American entrepreneur who owned mercantile, construction, real estate, and lumber companies in Maine, Virginia, and Michigan. Early life [ edit ]
Port Gamble lumber mill, 1904. Pope & Talbot, Inc. was a lumber company and shipping company founded by Andrew Jackson Pope and Frederic Talbot in 1849 in San Francisco, California. Pope and Talbot came to California in 1849 from East Machias, Maine. Pope & Talbot lumber company was very successful, with the high demand of the 1849 Gold Rush ...
In late 1999, Congress approved a land swap involving more than 42,000 acres (17,000 ha) of forest land in the Cascade Mountains.In the deal, Plum Creek gave up 31,000 acres (13,000 ha) of land, much of it along Interstate 90 east of Seattle, in exchange for 11,500 acres (4,700 ha) in Federal lands.
Winslow is located at (44.542428, −69.605101 [6]According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 38.67 square miles (100.15 km 2), of which 36.82 square miles (95.36 km 2) is land and 1.85 square miles (4.79 km 2) is water. [7]