Fidelity Lumber Company
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- Oct 22, 1908Sixty Houses in One SeasonNewport's 1908 ledger of construction: sixty residences raised or under way, a three-story hotel foundation at Washington and Second, and a lumber mill going up across the river.Newport, WA
- May 6, 1909The Planer Started Again, and a Former Town Marshal Paid for ItE. Jenne reaches into an idle machine at the Fidelity planer to clear the side heads. It comes to life under his hands.Newport, WA
- Jul 29, 1909The Fidelity Mill Goes Night-and-Day, and a Free Ferry Fills With WorkersNewport's new Fidelity sawmill reached 60,000 feet a day, started a night shift, and put about 100 men to work—while a free ferry brought mill hands and ranchers into town.Newport, WA
- Nov 11, 1909The Last Steamboat Ties Up as the Railroad Reaches MetalineWith the Idaho Washington Northern extension complete, the Pend Oreille River's freight and passenger boats went out of service — ending an era that old-timers remembered as romantic and hard-won.Newport, WA