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Gilchrist was the last lumber company town in Oregon The town was founded in 1938 by the family-owned Gilchrist Timber Company, with Frank and Mary Gilchrist as the owners and town founders The mill moved there from Jasper County, Mississippi, in search of lumber and lower taxes, building a dam on the Little Deschutes River to create the mill ....

Gilchrist / ˈ ɡ ɪ l k r ɪ s t / is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States on US Route 97 between Bend and Klamath Falls History Gilchrist was the last lumber company town in Oregon The town was founded in 1938 by the family-owned Gilchrist Timber Company, with Frank and Mary Gilchrist as the owners and town founders The mill moved ,...

Jan 14, 2008 0183 32 The mill has been closed for several weeks due to a slow timber market At the Interfor Pacific mill in Gilchrist, the machines that transform logs into lumber have sat idle for a ,...

Mar 06, 2017 0183 32 The family moved their operations to central Oregon, where they eventually acquired over 100,000 acres of timber land in Deschutes, Lake, and Klamath counti The Gilchrist mill was built in 1938, complete with company town housing for about 500 residents The town and the central shopping mall were built with aesthetics in mind...

Sep 14, 2020 0183 32 Interfor to Sell Gilchrist, Oregon Specialty Sawmill September 14, 2020 17 00 ET , the mill produced approximately 80 million board feet of lumber per year and employed approximately 150 ....

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The specialty sawmill in Gilchrist sold last month to Wyoming-based, privately-owned Neiman Enterpris Neiman said they are considering additional investment into the ,...

Sep 17, 2020 0183 32 The sale of the Gilchrist mill comes as lumber prices are skyrocketing, due to the closure of mills around the country earlier this year and a ,...

The sawmill produces high-value lumber with a focus on one-inch ponderosa pine boards, Horahan said, adding the Gilchrist mill produces 75 million board feet per year The fatality is ,...

May 25, 2009 0183 32 GILCHRIST -- This was the last company town in Oregon, a place where the mill employed the men and women, helped build a school for their children and decided what color their homes should be ....

1 negative nitrate 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches or smaller Photo, Print, Drawing The new Gilchrist mill, open a week Lumber mill Gilchrist, Oregon...