{"id":135,"date":"2024-07-22T22:06:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T22:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/?page_id=135"},"modified":"2024-08-01T21:21:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:21:36","slug":"1887-the-arizona-lumber-timber-company","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/1887-the-arizona-lumber-timber-company\/","title":{"rendered":"1887: The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-foreground-background-color has-background is-layout-flow\"><nav class=\"has-text-color has-background-color has-background has-foreground-background-color is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Navigation\"><button aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open always-shown\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"modal-1\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><rect x=\"4\" y=\"7.5\" width=\"16\" height=\"1.5\" \/><rect x=\"4\" y=\"15\" width=\"16\" height=\"1.5\" \/><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container hidden-by-default \" style=\"\" id=\"modal-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-micromodal-close>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" aria-label=\"Menu\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" data-micromodal-close class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M13 11.8l6.1-6.3-1-1-6.1 6.2-6.1-6.2-1 1 6.1 6.3-6.5 6.7 1 1 6.5-6.6 6.5 6.6 1-1z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/home\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/exhibit\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Exhibit Timeline<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/interactive-map\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Interactive Map<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/resources\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Resources<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/credits-acknowledgements\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Credits &amp; Acknowledgements<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"alignfull has-background-color has-foreground-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\"><strong>1887: The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 67%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit17-1-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-168 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit17-1-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit17-1-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit17-1-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit17-1.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company\u2019s convenient location within the world\u2019s largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest proved to be profitable for the company. The AL&amp;T Company supplied the Atchison Topeka &amp; Santa Fe Railway with railroad ties from Flagstaff westward until the line reached the Colorado River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.83rem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/ahsnd\/id\/660\/rec\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>[Laying Track at the Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company. AHS.0020.00193.<\/strong>]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-13\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-6 is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-7\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-container-content-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"498\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit18-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit18-edited.png 498w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit18-edited-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/cpa\/id\/97118\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lumber Mill, 1897 (Arizona) Arizona Lumber Company, Flagstaff. NAU.PH.64.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-5\">\n<p>The AL&amp;T Company remained Flagstaff\u2019s largest employer for roughly 50 years. Railroads were the greatest source of profit for the lumbering industry, which encouraged D.M. Riordan to seek a market for railroad ties beyond Flagstaff along other developing railroad lines. The Riordan brothers invested in lines surrounding Los Angeles, Barstow, Needles, Albuquerque, and Globe. The AL&amp;T Company also supplied timber for bridges, telegraph poles, mining structures, fruit and vegetable boxes, and individual homes during its heyday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-container-content-10 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-11\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-9\">\n<div style=\"height:80px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1890, the AL&amp;T Company owned all timberlands in the San Francisco mountains amounting to 871,040 acres and one billion board feet of timber. M.J. Riordan, who served as the company\u2019s secretary at the time, boasted, \u201cThe company has an absolute monopoly of the most compact pine timber property between the two oceans\u2026 The last of our competitors have been removed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"498\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit19-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit19-edited.png 498w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit19-edited-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/ahsnd\/id\/1331\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Logging Mill, undated. 1900 ca. Arizona Historical Society. AHS.0021.00002<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit20-1024x498.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit20-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit20-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit20-768x373.png 768w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit20.png 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/cpa\/id\/97159\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lumber Train of the Saginaw Southern R.R., Williams, 1897 (Arizona). NAU.PH.33. <\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1-802x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1-802x1024.png 802w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1-235x300.png 235w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1-768x980.png 768w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1-1204x1536.png 1204w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/Composite1small-1.png 1304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption>[Composite Image of AL&amp;T Company Advertisements.] Circa 1897-1910. Riordan Scrapbooks Vol. 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/treesdivider-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-389\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-14 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"664\" data-id=\"154\"  src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit21-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit21-edited.png 665w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit21-edited-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit21-edited-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/ahsnd\/id\/336\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona Lumber and Timber Company, three two-man saw teams, ca.1900. AHS.0037.00011.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1365\" height=\"665\" data-id=\"156\"  src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit22-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit22-edited.png 1365w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit22-edited-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit22-edited-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit22-edited-768x374.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/cpa\/id\/7042\/rec\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Logging on a National Forest timber sale.&nbsp; Ready to start skidding logs to the railroad. 1909. NAU.PH.135.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"980\" height=\"476\" data-id=\"158\"  src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit23-edited.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit23-edited.png 980w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit23-edited-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit23-edited-768x373.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/ahsnd\/id\/487\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lumberjacks felling ponderosa pine tree. Ray Housley Collection. AHS.0409.00012.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Logging Arizona\u2019s ponderosa pine forest required an all-hands-on-deck approach. Teams of AL&amp;T Company lumberjacks worked in the woods near Flagstaff to fell standing trees using axes and crosscut saws. Before the introduction of federal timber regulations\u2014a time when lumbermen understood little about the ecology of forests\u2014companies such as the AL&amp;T Company operated on a \u201cclear-cut\u201d basis, cutting down as many trees as possible within their land grant to turn the greatest profit from their resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignfull has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-16 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1368\" height=\"665\" data-id=\"161\"  src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit24.png 1368w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit24-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit24-1024x498.png 1024w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/06\/scaexhibit24-768x373.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1368px) 100vw, 1368px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/cdm16748.contentdm.oclc.org\/digital\/collection\/cpa\/id\/2057\/rec\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Log Train at Flagstaff Mill. 1923. NAU.PH.644.30.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An axeman guided a tree\u2019s falling direction by the shape of the undercut he made on the side of the tree\u2019s trunk. This step required much skill and precision to ensure that the tree would not damage surrounding trees or injure nearby lumberjacks as it fell, and to conserve the maximal amount of timber from the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After felling a tree, lumberjacks \u201cswamped\u201d it by stripping the trunk of its protruding branches and bark knots. Loggers with crosscut saws, called \u201csawyers,\u201d then \u201cbucked\u201d the tree down to at least thirty feet in length using crosscut saws. This process allowed lumberjacks to more easily transport fresh timber from the woods to the nearest AL&amp;T Company sawmill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AL&amp;T Company woodsmen then loaded timber onto logging wheels using hooks and chains. Oxen, mules, and horses typically pulled the loaded timber on these logging wheels to the nearest wagon or railroad spur where they would be delivered to the nearest sawmill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/treesdivider-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall-768x995.png 768w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall-1186x1536.png 1186w, https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2024\/07\/ALTco.announcementsmall.png 1369w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company continued to struggle with fires. While on a business trip to meet prospective investors in Chicago, AL&amp;T Company president D.M. Riordan received a startling message from his brother, Timothy A. Riordan, who was in Flagstaff overseeing the sawmill. A fire had started inside the sawmill after dark on July 16, 1887, which destroyed the entire sawmill and a portion of the lumberyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>D.M. Riordan immediately gathered funds to replace the Flagstaff sawmill with two new sawmills and ordered the machinery to be shipped to Flagstaff. For D.M. Riordan, having an additional sawmill in Flagstaff protected logging operations in the event that one burned down again. After making these arrangements, D.M. Riordan triumphantly announced in a telegram to an editor of the Arizona Champion on July 21, 1887, \u201cTakes more than fire to down me permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0.83rem\"><strong>[A letter addressed to AL&amp;T Co. patrons announcing the July 16 sawmill fire. Riordan Scrapbooks volume 1, page 49.]<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-18\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size has-source-serif-pro-font-family has-large-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-foreground-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/?page_id=23&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Return to Timeline<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 has-custom-font-size has-source-serif-pro-font-family has-large-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/library.nau.edu\/speccoll\/exhibits\/scaexhibits\/forestry\/?page_id=172&amp;preview=true\"><strong>Innovation at the Sawmill<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1887: The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company The Arizona Lumber &amp; Timber Company\u2019s convenient location within the world\u2019s largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest proved to be profitable for the company. 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