Hunt, Herbert and Floyd C. Kaylor.  Washington: West of the Cascades.  Vol. 
III.  Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1917.  p.604-605.

KLOCKE, AUGUST

	Lynden's native sons include August Klocke, who was there born in 
1879.  His father, August Klocke, Sr., a native of Germany, came to the 
Pacific coast in 1864 and removed from Portland to Lynden in 1872, making the 
trip by boat to Bellingham and thence by trail to his destination, for no 
roads at the time had been laid out.  He was the first white man to settle 
north of Lynden, taking up a homestead a mile beyond the present site of the 
town.  This he cleared, converting it into a good farm.  It was in Lynden that 
he was married, and upon the ranch, he and his wife continued their residence 
until called to the home beyond, the latter passing away in 1889, while the 
former survived until 1913, his death occurring when he had reaced the age of 
eighty-one years.  In the family were seven children, of whom six are yet 
living: George, a resident of Bellingham; Mrs. Annie Richbau; Henry and 
August, both of Lynden; Frederica; and Adolph, also of Lynden.
	Amid the environment and experiences of pioneer life August Klocke of 
this review was reared.  Turning his attention to agricultural pursuits, he 
followed farming and now has a valuable property of seventy-four acres, which 
he still cultivates and upon which he has a fine herd of twenty-two dairy 
cows.  He has carefully developed his farm and it is to him a gratifying 
source of annual income.  He also became identified with the lumber trade, 
when, in May, 1917, the Imperial Fir Lumber Company was incorporated with 
August Klocke as president and general manager, and Oscar J. Olson as 
secretary, treasurer and sales manager.  They purchased the plant of the 
Lynden Lumber Company, which was built in 1912 and which was operated by the 
new company until May, 1917.  They have a sawmill with a capacity of thirty 
thousand feet and a planing mill for the manufacture of fir lumber.  The plant 
is operated by steam power and they employ forty men, utilizing high grade 
mountain timber.  The mill is situated on the Bellingham & Northern Railroad.
	In Lynden, in 1903, Mr. Klocke was married to Miss Henrietta Lindseth 
and to them have been born two daughters, Sylvina and Frederica.  Fraternally 
Mr. Klocke is connected with the Knights of Pythias.  He is widely known in 
this district, where his entire life has been passed and where in the 
utilization of his opportunities he has steadily worked his way upward in a 
financial way until he is now in control and important and growing business 
interests.

Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen

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