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1871
The area's first
small sawmill is
built at Clofax,
Washington.
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1900
The great "timber
rush" draws
Eastern timber
barons into the
Idaho territory.
William Deary
scpits for
Timber in the
Palouse and
Country.
1903
Potlatch Lumber
Company is
Incorporated
under
Weyerhaeuser's
group.
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1905
Work begins on
the new sawmill,
railroads and
company town at
Potlatch, Idaho.
1906
The Potlatch
Lumber Company
sawmill cuts its
first lumber at
Potlatch.
1907
Most of the
company town is
completed.
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