Stimson Lumber Company

American lumber company

Stimson Lumber Company

Company type| Private
Industry| Lumber products, timberland
Founded| May 9, 1931; 93 years ago (1931-05-09), Hillsboro, Oregon, U.S.[1]
Headquarters| Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Products| Forest products
Revenue| 245,000,000 United States dollar (2004)

Number of employees

| 2,000
Website| stimsonlumber.com

Stimson Lumber Company is an American Forest products company based in Oregon. Founded in 1931, it was started by three partners, including G. W. Stimson of the Stimson family of King County, Washington, responsible for the Stimson House, Hollywood Farm, and the Colonnade Hotel.

## History

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The company traces its history back to 1850 when Thomas Douglas Stimson started logging in Michigan.[2] After moving west to the Pacific Northwest in the 1880s, the family purchased timberlands across the region and established mills and other businesses in the Puget Sound area.[2] On May 9, 1931, G. W. Stimson of the lumber family of Washington, attorney Thomas H. Tongue, Jr. (son of Congressman Thomas H. Tongue), and Harold A. Miller incorporated the business in Hillsboro, Oregon.[1] Miller was the son-in-law of Stimson, and a founder of the Western Forestry Center in Portland, as well as onetime owner of the Schooner Te Vega.[3] Miller had been asked by Charles S. Stimson to move to Oregon to head family's business in Oregon.[3] Two years later the company opened a new mill in Forest Grove, which remains in operation.[2]

Stimson bought Northwest Petrochemical Company in 1962 in order to use phenol in made in manufacturing hardboard.[2] In 1976, the company bought a plywood plant in Merlin, Oregon.[2] Longtime leader Miller died in 1981, with Darrell Schroeder becoming the new company exceutive.[2]

Company's timberlands inside the Tillamook Burn

In 1987, the company donated the log used to create the Chief Kno-Tah sculpture in Shute Park in Hillsboro.[4] The company sold a property to Metro in 2008 in the Chehalem Mountains that was turned into Chehalem Ridge Nature Park.[5] In 2020, the company's mill at Gaston was fined for air poluition.[6] The Christmas tree for Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland is often donated by the company, including in 2021 and 2022.[7][8]

## Operations

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The company operates a total of seven mills combined between Idaho and Oregon.[9] Stimson owns 552,000 acres (223,000 hectares) of timberland across three states: Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. This makes the company the twentieth largest landowner in the United States.[9]

## See also

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* McArthur Lake Wildlife Corridor
* Tillamook Burn

## References

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1. ^ a b "Articles of Incorporation". Sec. of State. State of Oregon. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
2. ^ a b c d e f "History". Stimson Lumber. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
3. ^ a b "Harold A. Miller" (PDF). Western Forestry Center. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
4. ^ Steineger, Melissa (July 27, 1987). "Sculptor to tell Indian story in Hillsboro". The Oregonian.
5. ^ Tomlinson, Stuart (6 March 2017). "Metro gears up to develop Chehalem Ridge Nature Park near Forest Grove". KATU. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
6. ^ Egener, Max (April 29, 2020). "Stimson Lumber fined $33,000 for air quality violations". Portland Tribune. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
7. ^ "Portland's holiday tree gathering back on after 2 year absence". The Oregonian/OregonLive.com. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
8. ^ Killen, Dave (November 5, 2021). "A 75-foot tall Douglas fir was delivered to downtown Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square on Fri., Nov. 5, 2021. The tree, donated by Stimson Lumber Company, was erected in the middle of the square, where it will remain through the holiday season. The tree will be lit on Fri., Nov. 26, 2021 at 6 p.m." Oregonlive / The Oregonian. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
9. ^ a b "The 20 biggest landowners in America". Business Insider. Retrieved 14 November 2022.