Pope & Talbot, Inc. was a lumber company and shipping company founded by Andrew Jackson Pope and

Frederic Talbot Frederic Talbot (February 26, 1819 - December 20, 1907) was an American businessman, and one of the founders of the Pope & Talbot, Inc. lumber company. He was born in East Machias, Maine, the son of Peter Talbot and Eliza Chaloner. He attended W ...

in 1849 in

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. Pope and Talbot came to California in 1849 from

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. Pope & Talbot lumber company was very successful, with the high demand of the 1849 Gold Rush.

History

To ship product Pope & Talbot acquired ships. In 1852, Pope & Talbot opened a lumberyard and at

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started construction of a lumber mill and start the firm Puget Mill Company. To feed the mill Pope & Talbot purchased timberland, by 1892 owning 186,000 acres. In 1925, the Puget Mill Company mill was sold to

Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company Charles R. McCormick Lumber Company was founded in 1908 by Charles R. McCormick in San Francisco, California. McCormick purchased a mill site in St. Helens, and formed the Helens Mill Company. To feed the mill McCormick's St. Helens Timber Comp ...

. In 1938, the Pope & Talbot families owned the mill again after McCormick was unable to make payments. In 1940, the Puget Mill Company was renamed Pope & Talbot, Inc. Pope & Talbot, Inc. was active in supporting the

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effort with lumber and ship. The mill ran 24/7 for the war. In 1963, Pope & Talbot exited the shipping trade and sold off the remaining four ships in the Pope & Talbot fleet. In 1972 Pope & Talbot went public, selling stocks. In 1978 Pope & Talbot open a

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plant in

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, kraft pulp mill. In 1992, Pope & Talbot purchased a sawmill in Castlegar, British Columbia. Sawmill at Port Gamble is closed in 1995, after 142 years of use. In 1999, Pope & Talbot purchased Harmac Pacific in

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. In 2001, Pope & Talbot purchased Norske Skog Canada's Mackenzie River pulp in British Columbia. Pope & Talbot as both a pulp / paper line and lumber - wood line. Lumber mills are in South Dakota and three in British Columbia. Andrew Jackson Pope was born on Jan. 6, 1820, in East Machias, Maine, and died on Dec. 18, 1878, in San Francisco. Frederic Talbot was born on February 26, 1819, in East Machias, Maine and died on December 20, 1907, in San Francisco.

''The Legend of White Gold'' (1988)

Joseph Rassulo directed a

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starring Richard Glover as Andrew Pope and Nick Young as

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World War II

Pope & Talbot fleet of ships that were used to help the World War II effort. During World War II Pope & Talbot operated Merchant navy ships for the

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. During World War II Pope & Talbot was active with charter shipping with the

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and

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. Pope & Talbot operated

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s and

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s for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Pope & Talbot crew and the

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supplied

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Ships

* SS Absaroka * SS China Victory, as SS P & T. Leader starting in 1951 * USS Mendocino (APA-100) * SS Saginaw Victory * SS Brainerd Victory * Cyrus Walker 1864 Tug * Goliah 1849 Tug * SS Saginaw Victory * USS Sitka (APA-113) USS Antares (AK-258)

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of World War II **Liberty ships operated: * George A. Pope * George B. Porter * Laura Bridgman * Joe Fellows * John Roach * Ada Rehan * Allen C. Balch * Charles A. McCue * Charles Robinson * William Allen White * West Portal, on Feb. 5, 1943 torpedoed by German submarine U-413 * Brander Matthews * Russell R. Jones * James A. Wilder * Henry Villard **Victory ships operated: * SS Seton Hall Victory * SS Twin Falls Victory * SS Provo Victory * Brainerd Victory

External Links

*
The Legend of White Gold
' on

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