lumberman

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Soliciting investment from a wealthy Port Blakely lumberman, Capt. William Renton, he founded the Renton Coal Mine, soon providing right of way for the nascent Seattle-Walla Walla Railroad.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023

A salesman pulls out all the stops in a last-ditch effort to sell his latest tractor to an old-fashioned lumberman.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2020

Her father, Joshua Coleman, had farmed and worked as a lumberman, and, in the 1930s, was employed at the local upmarket resort, the Greenbrier.

From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2020

Born in Harrison, Ark., on May 4, 1922, he was the son of Arthur Hammerschmidt, a lumberman, and the former Junie Taylor, a homemaker.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015

Dense forests clothe the shores, except for the places where the axe of the settler or the saws of the lumberman have made inroads.

From The Columbia River Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by Lyman, William Denison