The company was formed by Charles W. Nibley together with David Eccles[1] and George Stoddard in 1889.
The company had its principal holdings near Baker City, Oregon, and in the Sumpter Valley, with others near Hood River area, and around Chenoweth.
[2] It also owned a number of associated railroad companies constructed primarily to haul its timber.
According to Hugh Nibley (Charles W Nibley's grandson), much of the rain forest west of Portland was acquired by the company using illegal claims under the Homestead Act.
[3] It was part of the large group of business enterprises controlled by Nibley,[4] who was to become presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1907 to 1925.