Oral history interview, 1956 May 13.

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Oral history interview, 1956 May 13.

Recollections of his activities as a lawyer for John Henry Kirby. Topics include commissaries in the mill towns, the Knox Lumber Company, living conditions in mill towns, and logging camp operations and life in Sabine County in the early 1900s.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8051466

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Kirby, John Henry, 1860-1940

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Knox Lumber Company

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Knox Lumber Company was founded in 1961 by Larry Platt, Jr. and several associates as a subsidiary of Midway-Platt Company, a Saint Paul-based lumber and hardware wholesaler. Midway-Platt was established in a 1957 merger of Midway Lumber Company and Platt Hardware Company, both founded by Lawrence Platt, Sr. The first Knox store was opened in the Midway area of Saint Paul in October 1961. Additional stores were opened in Brooklyn Park (1964), Burnsville (1967), Little Ca...

Minton, J. W. (John William), 1875-1959

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Maxwell, Robert S.

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