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Keyword(s): Russell Holter and J. Clark McAbee

1 Feature

St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company and its affiliated railroads (1888-1958)

Washington state's second-largest logging and lumber operation during its heyday, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company controlled 90 square miles of standing timber in Pierce County and milled bil...

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1 Timeline Entry

Burlington Northern's "Kapowsin Logger" derails over the Puyallup River near Electron on March 6, 1979.

In the predawn hours of March 6, 1979, a Burlington Northern train hauling logs from Lake Kapowsin to the St. Regis Paper Company in Tacoma derails at a bridge over the Puyallup River. The train crew ...

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