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Estqblished Wholesqlers of PACIFIC COAST FOREST PRODUCTS
rtratlc b,r' It. lt. Ch:rfl'ee. chairnurn of tlre CrLlifornia Rerlu.oocl ,'\ssoci:Ltion 'frr:c Iiartn conrnrittec, to llrrgh ,l Jacks, prcsirlent of the I'acilic Co:Lst Conrlr:Lnr'.
liollou'ing thc ccrenr,,rrics, tlre Pacihc Coast Conrparr-r' Irt.rstcrl :rtr inionrral ltarbecur: for clerlicatiolt gu(.sts :rt ncar'ltilit'_r'tt,,l,l. l{,',1n,,,,,1s.
Thc fr.rrcsts of tlrc lrr.\\'t[r,\l)lr]'irrg rnenr]ter of the Iterlrvoocl Itegion 'l'rec [i'arm prograrn inclurlt: 1-1.58,S acres oI cutovcr tirnbcr and 1.1.-188 acres of r.irgin ftrrests. 'l'he lanrl pritrcipalll'lics rvcst of LI.S. 101, an<1 at olte poirrt stretchers to the Pacific Ocean. ]Iost of thc tinrberlanrl is,rn stcelr terrairr. \\'ith :rver:rge annual prccipitation approaclririg 70 inches, .tirnbcr gro*''irrg con<litions nrr the 1)rol)ert,\- r:rlle(, from fiiir to goocl.
The property includes some of the original timber holdings of Capt. Robert Dollar's redwood milt at Usal, near Wheeler. This mill was so inaccessible by land that
Dollar was compelled to ship his lumber by water. His steamship, "Newsboy," was the foundation of the worldwide Dollar shipping system.
[,-urrction of tlrt'ncnr'l'rt,c [i;irnr l'as sunrnrerl rnr br. Gcorge Stoocllc-r-. I )aci li c CoiLst Cortrp:r.nl forrstcr-, u, lro ^s:riri. "()trr objectivc is to rnakc all orrr lanrls gr, rrv tlces for to ttt cl rro tr'. "
'I'he I)acihc Coast Conrl)all-\-. one of tlre rnajor rerln'ood lrrnrber rrrarruf:rctrrrers, operates rrrills :Lt \\'illits ancl \\'hccicr, as n'c1l as:r fir 1-,lvrr',,,,r1 nrill. lt u1s,, conrlrrcts its ou.n Iogeing opt'rations. P:rciflc Coast Conrp:rnl acrluirccl the nraj<rr lrortiorr oi tlre 'I'ree liarnr prolrr:rtv in 1957, throrrnh its tinrbt'r arrrl l:Lnrl lrolrlinr:s srrbsidiarr'.
'flre rrcn' -l'ree Farnr is nrLnre<l aftcr fi,rnrc'r (ior-errror \\rilliam Trr<lor (iartliner o{ f Iaine. l'lro becanie a clirector of tlre I)acillc Coast [ortrltanv in 1929. Ht: ,serr-erl a,r chairm:rn of thc bo:rrrl frorrr 1!).1.1 t,, i,t-lq, n.ht.rr lrt.resigned to beconrc