Several publications from the early 1900s provide listings of logging and lumber companies known to be in operation. What follows are extracts from these publications, focusing on operations in Cowlitz and Lewis Counties.
Source: State of Washington. "List of Logging Roads in the State of Washington for the Year 1909." Fourth Annual Report of The Railroad Commission of Washington to The Governor. Covering the Period of the Calendar Year 1909. Olympia, WA, 1910. p. 150
- Cowlitz Co:
- S. J. Beck Logging Co.
- Clarke Creek Logging Co.
- Eastern and Weatern Lumber Co.
- Inman and Polson Logging Co.
- Hammond Lumber Co.
- Oak Point Piling & Lumber Co.
- Ostrander Railway & Timber Co.
- Shebelin Railroad Co.
- Silver Creek Railway & Timber Co.
Source: State of Washington. "List of Logging Roads in the State of Washington for the Year 1912." Fourth Biennial Report of the State Board of Tax Commissioners for the Period Ending September 30, 1912. Olympia, WA: 1912.
- Cowlitz Co. (p. 66)
- Broughton & Wiggins
- Clark Creek Logging Co.
- Eastern & Western Lumber Company
- Hammond Lumber Co.
- Inman-Polson Lumber Co.
- Mountain Timber Co.
- North Fork Loggin Co.
- Oak Point Piling & Lumber Co.
- Ostrander Railway & Timber Co.
- Shevlin, F. C.
- Silver Creek Railway & Timber Co.
- Wisconsin Logging Co.
- Lewis Co. (p. 67)
- Adna Lumber Co.
- Baker-May Lumber Co.
- Cain Lumber Co., J. R.
- Centralia Eastern Railway
- Chehalis Lumber Co.
- Chehalis River Lumber Co.
- Coal Creek Lumber Co.
- Doty Lumber & Shingle Co.
- Emery & Nelson Lumber Co.
- Hammond Lumber Co.
- Lincoln Creek Lumber Co.
- Luedinghouse Brothers
- Martin Lumber Co., H. H.
- McCormick Lumber Co.
- O'Connell Lumber Co.
- Pe Ell & Columbia Reiver Railway Co.
- Salzer Valley Lumber Co.
- Somerville Brothers
- Stillwater Lumber Co.
- Tacoma, Olympia & Chehalis Valley Railway
- Veness Lumber Co., J. A.
- Wisconsin Lumber Co.
Source: "The Official Railway Equipment Register", Vol. 28, No. 8 (January, 1913) pp. 1117-1120.
Cowlitz County Logging/Lumber Companies
- Kalama:
- Columbia Lumber Co.
- Spencer Creek Lumber Co.
- Kelso:
- Cowlitz Valley Lumber Co.
Lewis County Logging/Lumber Companies
- Centralia:
- Chehalis River Lumber Co.
- Eastern Ry. & Lumber Co. (F. B. Hubbard, Officer in Charge of Traffic)
- Lincoln Creek Lumber Co.
- Martin Lumber Co. (F. A. Martin, Sec. & Treas.)
- Salzer Valley Lumber Co.
- Chehalis:
- Miller Lumber Co.
- Doty:
- Doty Lumber & Shingle Co.
- Dryad:
- Cain Lumber Co.
- Luedinghaus Bros. (lumber)
- Littell:
- Chehalis Lumber Co. (Benjamin Moore, Officer in Charge of Traffic)
- Wisconsin Lumber Co. (A. H. Wright)
- Little Falls:
- Stillwater Lumber Co. (W. H. Dilley, Mgr.)
- McCormick:
- McCormick Lumber Co. (A. N. Riggs, Mgr.)
- Meskill:
- Cain Lumber Co.
- Napavine:
- Hamilton Pitcher (Hamilton, Pitcher, Mgr.) (lumber)
- Porter, S. W.
- Somerville Bros. (S. S. Somerville, Mgr.) (lumber)
- Pe Ell:
- Yeomans, W. C. (lumber)
- Walville:
- Walville Lumber Co.
- Winlock:
- Porter, S.W.
- Veness & Baldwin