Western Lumber Company - No Longer Here
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BruceS
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Historical marker commemorating an important business in the area and its founder, near Milltown, Montana. Note: This marker is no longer located here... kept active to share info.
Waymark Code: WM2CY0
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2007
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Western Lumber Company
In 1910-1911, the Western Lumber Company moved its sawmill to this site in
Milltown from Lothrop, near Alberton.
The company was founded in 1888 by William A. Clark, Butte copper baron
and one of the most important developers of Montana. Clark built the
Milltown Dam, owned the Missoula Light and Water Company and started the
Missoula streetcar system that made daily runs to Bonner. He was elected
to the U.S. Senate in 1901 and served one term. At his death, in 1924 or
1925 he was one of the richest men in the United States.
Western Lumber's Milltown operation employed 200 men at it's peak in 1926.
In 1926 it produced 30 million feet of lumber. Two year later the mill was
purchased by the Anaconda Copper Mining company, which owned the Bonner plant.
the only remnant is the brick structure across the street, which served as the
office building. ~ text of marker