Wright-Blodgett Company records, 1901-1935.

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Wright-Blodgett Company records, 1901-1935.

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The Wright-Blodgett Company Records consist predominantly of maps and ledgers that document the company's land and timber holdings with tract locations, prior ownership, taxes paid, and subsequent sale or other disposition. The records are primarily for holdings in Oregon (Clatsop, Columbia, Linn, Tillamook, and Washington Counties) but also include holdings in Washington (Cowlitz County) and California (Humboldt County). The records also include photocopies of correspondence pertaining to land holdings in Oregon and California. Of particular note are records for the Blodgett Tract in Columbia County (township 7N, range 5 west) that was donated to the Oregon State University College of Forestry by the Blodgett family.

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Blodgett, John W. (John Wood), 1860-1951

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John W. Blodgett, Jr. (1901-1987) was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 24, 1901. His father John W. Blodgett, Sr. was prominent in the timber industry. Blodgett Sr. was principal of the Blodgett firm during the late 1800s and early 1900s and served as president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Blodgett, Sr. owned timber lands in the lake states region and in the south and west. Blodgett, Jr. graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in 1923. Like his fath...

Wright-Blodgett Company.

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The Wright-Blodgett Company was owned and operated by John Wood Blodgett, Sr. and later his son, John Wood Blodgett, Jr. The company was dissolved in 1948. John Wood Blodgett, Sr. (1860-1951) was a lumberman, civic leader, and philanthropist, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition to timberlands in Michigan, Blodgett acquired lands in Mississippi, Louisiana, California, and Oregon. Companies in which Blodgett was prominent were the Blodgett Co., Ltd.; the Wright-Blodgett Co., Ltd.; the Hill-Davi...