Wright City / Bismark / Oklahoma City / Smithville / /
Company
Weyerhaeuser Company / Dierks Lumber & Coal Company / Choctaw Lumber Company / Dierks Forests Inc. / R.M. Fry Lumber Co. / /
Country
Germany / United States / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Force Majeure / Reorganization / M&A / /
Facility
Forest Heritage Center / /
IndustryTerm
town site / retail lumberyards / ecosystem services / telephone lines / – wood products / /
NaturalFeature
Tomorrow Forests / /
OperatingSystem
Petros / /
Organization
Department of Libraries / Forest Heritage Center / Oklahoma Department of Agriculture / Dept of Agriculture / Post Office / Oklahoma Forest Commission / State Foresters of Oklahoma George R. Phillips / Stanford / /
Person
Glen R. Durrell / James W. Stanford / Elmer G. Peebles June / James T. Riley / John C. Burwell / Peter Henry / Albert Engstrom / Herman / Terry Peach / Roger L. Davis / /
As the timber harvest moved farther away from the mills, the daily commute for the workers grew excessive. Dierks developed the concept for a roving camp that would house the workers in the forest but which could be move