Vaughn, Oregon Explained

Vaughn is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 4miles south of Noti in the foothills of the Central Oregon Coast Range near Noti Creek.[2] Author Ralph Friedman described Vaughn as "a mill in the meadows".[3]

History

Vaughn was established in the 1920s by the Snellstrom Brothers Lumber Company.[4] The company town was later owned by the Long-Bell Lumber Company, then sold to International Paper (IP) in the mid-1950s.[4] Vaughn is near the route of Coos Bay Rail Link (formerly the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad Coos Bay Line, once a branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad).[5] On a 1930 map the community is shown on the property of Roland Vaughn.[5] Because the railroad makes a horseshoe bend and misses the community, the railroad's Vaughn Station is about a mile west of there.[6] [5]

Today Vaughn is the site of a Rosboro Lumber Company laminated beam plant that was purchased from Weyerhaeuser in 2005.[7] [8] The beam plant was built by Bohemia, Inc. in 1988.[9] [10] Bohemia also ran a plywood plant at Vaughn, which it had purchased from International Paper in 1982 after IP closed it; Bohemia reopened the mill in 1983.[9] [11] [12] [13] The plywood plant was closed temporarily in 1985 after a section of the roof collapsed.[14]

Notes and References

  1. 1136864 . Vaughn . November 28, 1980 . June 12, 2011.
  2. Book: Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer . 7th . 2008 . . . 0-89933-347-8 .
  3. Book: In Search of Western Oregon . Friedman, Ralph . Ralph Friedman . 1990 . 2nd . 215 . . Caldwell, Idaho . 0-87004-332-3 . January 31, 2016.
  4. Book: Carlson, Linda . Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest . 2003 . 239 . 0-295-98332-9 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222143521/http://www.lindacarlson.com/historybook.html . February 22, 2012.
  5. 990.
  6. 1130714 . Vaughn Station . May 22, 1986 . June 12, 2011.
  7. Web site: Rosboro Plans To Double BigBeam Production . Miller . Wayne . Miller Wood Trade Publications . June 12, 2011.
  8. Web site: Rosboro: Committed to Your Business . Rosboro Lumber Company . June 12, 2011.
  9. News: Bohemia to sell its Calif. Mills; Oregon Plants Also Considered . Associated Press . December 5, 1990 . . June 12, 2011.
  10. News: Beam Plant Planned . United Press International . United Press International . October 7, 1987 . . June 12, 2011.
  11. News: Bohemia Considers Purchasing Sawmill . Bacon . Larry . November 25, 1987 . . June 12, 2011.
  12. News: Bohemia Starts Up New Facility for Producing Laminated Beams . Wyant . Dan . September 20, 1988 . . June 12, 2011.
  13. News: Mills to Close Permanently . Bishop . Bill . September 14, 1983 . . June 12, 2011.
  14. News: 55 Employees Return to Bohemia Plant Jobs . April 27, 1985 . . June 12, 2011.

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