George Graham, of Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania, first entered into the lumber business with Judge A. Cook of Cooksburg in 1870. In 1874 they moved Graham, Forcht & Company to East Brady, Armstrong Co., Pa. to increase the scale of their planing mill and lumber sales. The company specialized in the purchase and sale of a wide variety of rough and ready lumber, with most of its business conducted in Western and Central Pennsylvania. In 1902, sometime after renaming the business Graham & Cook, George Graham sold his interest in the company to his son, Newton Ellsworth Graham. Newton Graham had previously served as the founder, editor, and publisher of the East Brady Review, a local newspaper, and the first president of the People's National Bank of East Brady. In 1902 Newton Graham bought out the Cook interests in the lumber company and organized the Graham Lumber Company.
From the description of Records of Graham & Cook Lumber Company, 1882-1915. (University of Pittsburgh). WorldCat record id: 56475784
