Arizona Lumber and Timber Company Collection, 1880-1950

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Arizona Lumber and Timber Company Collection, 1880-1950

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Contains the business records of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company as well as subsidiary and predecessor organizations including the: Ayer Lumber Company (aka: Ayer's Mill), which became the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company after being purchased by Denis M. Riordan; the Riordan Mercantile Company (company store of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company); the Arizona Supply Company; the McKay Cattle Company; the Black Cattle Company; the Greenlaw Lumber Company (The Riordans bought controlling interest in 1897); the Spangler Sheep Company; the Howard Sheep Company; the Central Arizona Railway Company; the Flagstaff Electric Light Company; and the Flagstaff Community Hotel. All records are ca. 1881 to 1950.

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Arizona Historical Society/Flagstaff Archives

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Arizona Lumber and Timber Company

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In 1887 Denis Riordan purchased the Ayer Mill, which had been established in Flagstaff in 1881. Riordan renamed the company the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company and became its first president. His brothers, Michel and Timothy, joined him in Flagstaff to help him with the business. The Arizona Lumber and Timber Company suffered a devastating fire on its first day of operation-July 16, 1887. The reconstruction of the plant saw many innovations which made this lumber company one of th...