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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.