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Poplar Bluff Lumber and Manufacturing Company

Industrial
1890s
c. 1900
Black River, Poplar Bluff
Verbatim Passage from Source
"Among the largest of these were the Poplar Bluff Lumber and Manufacturing Company... The Bull of the Woods was one of the largest and earliest boats operating on Black River. It was owned by the Poplar Bluff Lumber and Manufacturing Company"

— Source: The History of Butler County Industry 1870-1930 (referenced c. 1900)

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A major timber factory and mill operator in Poplar Bluff that also owned riverboats to transport timber and merchandise.

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