Hatton-Brown Publishers

His first forest-oriented magazine, Alabama Lumberman, was published from 1949 to 1957.Hatton, Brown & Co., Inc. was established in 1953, the same year the company started a new Southern regional logging title, Pulpwood Production.

At 33, Charles Cline joined the company as editor in the summer of 1953 and helped get the first issue into print that August.

In June of that year, the company moved from 458 S. Lawrence St. to larger facilities at 610 S. McDonough St.

Hatton-Brown diversified its publishing interests in January 1991 by acquiring its first non-forestry or paper-related title, Chain Saw Age & Power Equipment Trade.

In 1995 Hatton-Brown purchased its first consumer publication, IronWorks, a nine-times-per-year upscale magazine appealing to Harley-Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts.

This publication has been published under this title since 1881, making it the oldest forestry related trade magazine in the country.