Renton, Holmes & Co.
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- Nov 11, 1876A $3 Million Sawmill Goes Corporate on Puget SoundPort Blakely’s mill owners incorporated in California, putting a $3 million lumber empire under a manager who would run it from the Washington Territory shore.Bainbridge Island, WA
- Apr 29, 1882The Lumber Barons Who Built the SoundA 1882 reflection on the pioneers of the Puget Sound lumber industry, mapping the rise of the men who transformed Washington’s forests into fortunes.Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island
- Aug 27, 1894A Mill Owner's Warning: Free Trade and the Fight for Seattle's Lumber FuturePort Blakely's C. P. Holmes saw tariff-free lumber helping British Columbia, doubted the China-Japan war would rescue trade, and still believed Seattle's natural harbor would win.Bainbridge Island, WA