Pope & Talbot, Inc.

Pope & Talbot lumber company was very successful, with the high demand of the 1849 Gold Rush.

Andrew Jackson Pope was born on Jan. 6, 1820, in East Machias, Maine, and died on Dec. 18, 1878, in San Francisco.

[2][3] Frederic Talbot was born on February 26, 1819, in East Machias, Maine and died on December 20, 1907, in San Francisco.

In 2001, Pope & Talbot purchased Norske Skog Canada's Mackenzie Pulp mill in northern British Columbia.

In 2020 Pope Resources was acquired by a larger East Coast based lumber company Rayonier.

Joseph Rassulo directed a western television movie starring Richard Glover as Andrew Pope and Nick Young as Fred Talbot.