Towle Brothers Company
Lumber firm, founded 1859 by Allen Towle, whose brothers, Edwin W. and George Washington Towle, became his partners; mill operations began at Dutch Flat, in Placer County, Calif., and expanded to several locations in Placer and Nevada counties; eventually the firm also owned lumber yards for retail sales, manufactured pine containers for agricultural products, and founded the town of Towle, which served as its distribution center. The firm was sold in 1902.
From the description of Records, 1861-1907. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 28420520
From the description of Towle Brothers Company records, 1861-1907. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122385296
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Towle Brothers Company. Towle Brothers Company letter : Dutch Flat, Calif., to James Moore, 1882 Oct. 2. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Towle Brothers Company. Towle Brothers Company records, 1861-1907. | California historical society | |
| creatorOf | Towle Brothers Company. Records, 1861-1907. | California historical society |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
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| Relation | Name | |
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| associatedWith | Gold Run Ditch and Mining Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Halsey, Stephen Young | person |
| associatedWith | Moore, James. | person |
| associatedWith | Pioneer Pulp Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Towle, Allen, 1834-1897. | person |
| associatedWith | Towle, Edwin W., 1839-1887. | person |
| associatedWith | Towle, Ella, d. 1902 | person |
| associatedWith | Towle Estate Company. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Towle, George Washington, 1836-1914. | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| Placer County (Calif.) | |||
| Dutch Flat (Calif.) | |||
| Nevada County (Calif.) | |||
| California | |||
| California | |||
| Towle (Calif.) | |||
| Placer County (Calif.) | |||
| Nevada County (Calif.) | |||
| Towle (Calif.) | |||
| Dutch Flat (Calif.) |
| Subject |
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| Crates |
| Decedents' estates |
| Logging |
| Lumbering |
| Lumber trade |
| Mines and mineral resources |
| Real property |
| Pulp mills |
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