Pope & Talbot, Inc.
| Expert Market: PTBTQ | |
| Industry | Lumber, paper, shipping |
| Founded | 1849 in San Francisco, California, United States |
| Fate | Chapter 7 in 2008. |
Area served | North America |
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| Products | Timber and paper (pulp) |
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| Website | poptal |
Pope & Talbot, Inc. was a lumber company and shipping company founded by Andrew Jackson Pope and Frederic Talbot in 1849 in San Francisco, California. Pope and Talbot came to California in 1849 from East Machias, Maine. Pope & Talbot lumber company was very successful, with the high demand of the 1849 Gold Rush. Andrew Jackson Pope was born on Jan. 6, 1820, in East Machias, Maine, and died on Dec. 18, 1878, in San Francisco. Frederic Talbot was born on February 26, 1819, in East Machias, Maine and died on December 20, 1907, in San Francisco.