Longview / Dennis P. Weber with Karen Dennis and Sue Maxey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weber, Dennis., Author.

Dennis, Karen., Author.

Maxey, Sue., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Longview (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works.

Longview (Wash.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2012]

Summary:

From his command post in a downtown Kansas City skyscraper, the nation’s foremost lumberman, R.A. Long, received the devastating report from his company’s timber scouts in 1918: his sources for raw material were nearly exhausted. The once-lush pine and oak forests of the Mississippi Delta had been stripped clean and converted into farmland. Now, his Long-Bell Lumber Company was at a crossroads. The timber baron put the question to a vote by his board of directors: disband or build the world’s largest lumber mill somewhere else? This group of middle-aged men looked upon R.A. Long as a father figure and a proverbial King Midas, able to turn wood into gold. Their decision was easy: they wholeheartedly endorsed the plan to build. And their vision became the Longview story, combining social engineering, modern marketing, and a whole lot of money into a 20th-century urban success story.

Contents:

R.A. Long at a crossroads

The lower Cowlitz River Valley

The planned city

More than a one-mill town

Building a busy port and a tall bridge

Celebrating our successes

Mr. Long's legacy: the people

Coping with disasters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125) and index.

OCLC:

885208385