Lumber trade -- California
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
North Western Lumber Company Records, 1870-1955
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss A
Summary
Records of North Western Lumber Company, an Eau Claire, Wisconsin company, organized in 1873, which engaged in lumbering in northwestern Wisconsin until the depletion of timber supplies halted operations in about 1920. Correspondence relates primarily to the management and gradual liquidation of the company's assets after 1920. Most of the letters were written by George W. Hipke of Stanley, an officer of the company. Among these are many which pertain to his campaigns for the state...
Dates:
1870-1955
William J. Starr Papers, 1902-1938
Collection
Identifier: Eau Claire Mss N
Summary
Papers of Starr, a lumberman and real estate investor, relating to the timber and land holdings of the Davis and Starr Lumber Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; other business investments in Wisconsin, Louisiana, and California; and the management of his estate after his death. Also present are papers of companies with which Starr was closely affiliated: the Weston Heights Stock Farm and the Weston Orchard Company, both in Dunn County, Wis., 1919-1927; the California Forest Protective...
Dates:
1902-1938