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Catharine Gallagher
Distance: 13.5 Mi35609 SR
98304 Ashford -
Chart-Art
Distance: 30.9 MiPO Box 25041
98093-2041 Federal Way -
Alice Stuart
Distance: 32.0 MiPO BOX 4194
98501 Olympia -
Capitol Terrace Apartments
Distance: 31.9 Mi1517 Capitol Way South Ofc
98501 Olympia -
Smith and Tinker, Inc.
Distance: 49.6 Mi3060 139th Ave SE Ste 100
98005-4068 Bellevue
Description
Eatonville Washington: The northwest lumber industry had a direct economic impact on the development and decline of the company town. In order to entice employees to move to the remote areas where the mills were located, homes, stores, and other community services were built to accommodate workers. To varying degrees, these lumber companies owned and controlled the businesses, buildings, and services in these communities. Eventually, a combination of factors contributed to the demise or transformation of many of these company towns. These factors included the depletion of raw materials and the lumber industry s consequent shift from logging to farming trees, as well as the advent of modern freeways and automobiles, making these once remote areas more accessible. The Washington towns of Eatonville, Onalaska, Bordeaux, and Malone all experienced dramatic and increased population growth with the establishment of lumber mills and were, at least for a time, company towns.