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Georgia-Pacific lumber mill in Eureka, California (May 1972). Georgia-Pacific was founded by Owen Robertson Cheatham on September 22, 1927 in Augusta, Georgia , as the Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. [ 5 ] He started the company through the acquisition of a wholesale hardwood lumber yard.
The distribution division of Georgia-Pacific Corporation began operations in 1954 with 13 warehouses used for storage and distribution of Georgia-Pacific plywood. [1] Over the next 40 years, the division grew to over 130 warehouses nationwide, offering a wide range of products.
In 1969, the Union Lumber Company was purchased by Boise Cascade and John Quincy and it became Georgia Pacific Lumber Company in 1973. The mill was shut down in 2002 after being identified as a nonperforming asset. The 400-acre (1.6 km 2) piece of property within the city limits takes up almost the entire coastline of Fort Bragg, including Fort ...
Some, like Withers, had recently refinanced their homes and made other financial commitments unaware of Georgia Pacific's plans to close the mill. Daniel Withers transports 20 tons of chemicals in ...
Cheatham Grove, a stand of old growth Redwood trees in California's Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park, is named for him. The land, part of Georgia Pacific's larger timber holdings in the area, was donated to the state by Owen Cheatham in 1945.
Trees are unloaded by a crane at Buckeye’s Foley plant in Taylor County in 2012. The Foley Cellulose mill in Perry, Florida, announced on Sept. 18, 2023, that Georgia-Pacific plans to ...
Hammond Lumber Company railroads brought logs and lumber to Samoa from Little River and Big Lagoon until the railway trestles were destroyed by wildfire in 1945. Georgia-Pacific Corporation purchased the Samoa sawmill complex in 1956 and began operation of a plywood mill in 1958. [17]
Georgia Pacific completed closure of the Foley Mill Nov. 17, 2023 after 69 years of operation. The agency is working as an intermediator between prospective buyers and Georgia Pacific.