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At its peak, the mill once employed around 100 workers and produced about 100 million feet of lumber a year, Miller said. Today, those figures have reduced to 22 and 35 million, respectively.
The Bonneville Hotel, on the 400 block of W. C St. in Idaho Falls in Bonneville County, Idaho, was built in 1927. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1] It is a five-story, brick-veneered hotel which was built in 1927 and was remodeled in 1951.
Idaho Falls: 5: Douglas-Farr Building: August 30, 1984 : 493 N. Capital Ave. Idaho Falls: This building is no longer standing. 6: Eagle Rock Ferry: June 7, 1974 : North of Idaho Falls on the Snake River
Cobalt, Idaho, owned by the Howe Sound Mining Company (see Holden Village, Washington) Conda, Idaho (Anaconda Copper Mining Co.) Elk River, Idaho; Headquarters, Idaho (Potlatch Lumber Company) Leadore, Idaho; Potlatch, Idaho (Potlatch Lumber Company)
The valley land was drained, levees were constructed and farms were cleared on the benches. The rich Kootenai Valley became known as the "Nile of the North," while the Bonners Ferry Lumber Company grew to be one of the world's largest lumber mills. The downtown took shape as brick buildings were constructed, replacing those on stilts.
Potlatch planned a lumber mill on the Palouse River in north central Idaho and began construction in 1905, completing it in 1906. Log train outside Potlatch, circa 1907. The company town of Potlatch was built to serve the mill, and over 200 buildings were designed by architect C. Ferris White for the firm.
Boise Cascade Corporation was formed in 1957 through the merger of Cascade Lumber Company of Yakima, Washington, and Boise Payette Lumber Company of Boise. Robert Hansberger of Boise Payette became the CEO, and the new corporation focused on ownership and management of timberlands, the growing and harvesting of timber, and the manufacturing and distribution of lumber products and building ...
In 1901, the brothers set up a lumber mill near Coeur d’Alene city, about a mile down the Spokane River. [15] Coeur d’Alene & St. Joe Transportation Company Ltd. Formed in April 1903, with James H. "Jim" Spauding, president, J.C. White, vice-president; J.H. "Harry" Spauding, secretary and treasurer. [16]