[2] Halsey and Williams were both former employees of Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company; the city of Richmond lies along the James River.

[2] The brown paper division of CZ was not in the deal and became Gaylord Container Corporation.

[4][5] James River began producing 100 percent recycled paper products in 1991 at its mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Also that year, the company sold twenty-two paper mills to Specialty Coatings Group.

[9][10] In 1998, Halsey and Williams, the company's founders, were both inducted into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame.