Company town Potlatch, Idaho, and the Potlatch Lumber Company
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Potlatch, Idaho, was a company town -- a community completely owned by a large lumber company. Its story is the story of the Pacific Northwest in microcosm: the exploitation of natural resources; the impact of big business on the development of a rural area; of ordinary people making a place their home |
| Author(s): | Keith Petersen, Latah County Historical Society (Publisher) |
| Document: | Book · Paperback · CIRC [ 1 ] |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
| Published: | 1987 |
| Physical Description: | xix, 284 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Genre: | History |
| Contents: | The SettingMove to IdahoThe Potlatch Lumber CompanyLargest White Pine Sawmill in the WorldBuilding a Company TownPotlatch and EnvironsProviding Essentials in a Company TownLife in a Company TownTwo Wars and a DepressionThe End of the ExperimentEpilogueAbbreviationsNotesBibliographical EssayIndex |
| Subjects: | Bois Commerce Idaho Histoire, Company towns, Company towns Idaho History, Economic history, History, Idaho, Idaho Potlatch, Lumber trade, Lumber trade Idaho History, Potlatch (Idaho) Economic conditions, Potlatch Corporation, Potlatch Corporation History, Potlatch Lumber Company, Potlatch, Idaho, United States, Idaho, Latah, Potlatch History |
| Related Places: | City of Potlatch , Latah County |
Circulation
Here are a list of places where this title can be found and the various formats it can be found in.
| Collection | Resource | Available | Edition | Published | Publisher |
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| The Cascade District: Encyclopedia Library | Book | Paperback | 1st Edition | 1987 | Washington State University Press ; Latah County Historical Society, Pullman, Wash., Moscow, Idaho, 1987 |
Last updated: 2024-06-18