<p>Caption on image: Apex Timber Co.  C. Kinsey Photo, Seattle.  No. 29
PH Coll 516.30</p>
<p>Apex Timber Company was headquartered in Pe Ell, Lewis County ca. 1923-1926.  It may also have had operations in Ceres, a small settlement in the Chehalis River Valley 11 miles west of Chehalis in west central Lewis County. The name was chosen by W. C. Albee, superintendent of South Bend branch of Northern Pacific Railway when the branch was built. Ceres in Roman mythology, is the goddess of agriculture. Evidently, Albee was quite impressed with the valley's fertile soil.

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<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad locomotives--Washington (State); Trestles--Washington (State); Lumber camps--Washington (State); Rivers--Washington (State); Lewis County (Wash.)</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Shay locomotives</li></ul>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Clark_Kinsey" class="extiw" title="w:en:Clark Kinsey"><span title="American photographer">Clark Kinsey</span></a>
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circa 1925 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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