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The Oregon Lumber Company was a company west of Portland, Oregon, that claimed extensive land via the
Homestead Act of 1862 The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States by which an applicant could acquire ownership of government land or the public domain, typically called a homestead. In all, more than of public land, or nearly 10 percent of ...
. The company was formed by Charles W. Nibley together with David Eccles and George Stoddard in 1889. The company had its principal holdings near
Baker City Baker City is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the time of the 2020 census. History ...
, Oregon, and in the Sumpter Valley, with others near Hood River area, and around Chenoweth.Kamholz, E. J., Blain, J., Kamholz, G., & Ebrary, Inc. (2003).'' The Oregon-American Lumber Company: Ain't no more.'' Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press. It also owned a number of associated railroad companies constructed primarily to haul its timber. According to Hugh Nibley (Charles W Nibley's grandson), much of the rain forest west of Portland was acquired by the company using illegal claims under the Homestead Act.Nibley, Hugh. ''Approaching Zion'' (''The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley,'' Vol 9), p. 469. It was part of the large group of business enterprises controlled by Nibley,Godfrey, Matthew C. (2007). Religion, politics, and sugar : the Mormon Church, the federal government, and the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1907-1921. Lehi, Utah: Utah State University Press. pp. 188–190. . OCLC 74988178 who was to become presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1907 to 1925. The company became the Oregon-American Lumber Company in 1917, with headquarters in Vernonia, Oregon. Eccles gradually became the predominant owner. The company underwent multiple amalgamations and changes of ownership and was dissolved in 1957.


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