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Western Lumber Co.. lnc.. Historical Timeline l912Mack trucks replace horse-drawn delivery. l9l9Sullivan family purchases Western Lumber. l9{15Boise (-ascade ('orporation sells San I)iego operarions to re-incorporaled Western Lumber ('ompany. lnc. l9ti7Western Lumber ('ompany acquires stores in Temecula. Ramona. lrallbrook and Solana l]each from Lumber Onel changes name of retail localions to Western Lumber tluilding Material ('enters. l9ll7(ieorgetown Industries, Inc. purchases Western Lumber ('ompany. Inc.; closes Spring Valley store. l98tlAdds new location in Tijuana, Mexico.

1902Western Lumber incorporates.

1909Relocates to ('olumbia & Market Slreets.

1924 - Acquires (--oronado Lumber, Ocean lJeach Lumber, Mission l]each Lumber and (lhula Vista Lumber.

1925 - Acquires La Jolla Lumber.

1926 - Acquires Pacific Beach Lumber.

1954Ocean lJeach Lumber relocates to Point Loma.

1958 - Acquires Imperial l]each Lumber.

1960Western Lumber relocates to National (litv.

1962Lumber stores renamed Wesry's.

1968 - Wesly's South llay opens: Wesry's (-hula Vista and Imoerial lJeach close.

1969 - Westy's [:l (iajon opens.

1969Boise (lascade purchases Western Lumber ('ompany's assets.

1970Sullivan l'lardwood closes, San I)iego Wholesale lluilding Malerials opens.

1974 - Acquires Westy's Poway.

1975 - Acquires Westy's Oceansidei Wesry's La Jolla closes.

1978 - Opens new Poway Westy's store.

1979 - Opens Westy's Spring Valley.

1989Announces l:ontana location to open ntid-suntnrer: closes [)t. Loma and Ramona slores: restructures company; closes Pacific lleach. ('hula Vista and Powav stores.

Others were Indonesia, $89.2 million; Taiwan, $76 million; Brazil, $42.1 million, and Mexico, $38.4 million. Figures were compiled by Charles Stayton, a wood products specialist at the Texas Agricultural Extension Service. Overton. Tx.

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