Wendling
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History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendling,_Oregon
Initially, Booth-Kelly had no intention of building Wendling, The original plan was use the Mohawk River to float logs to a new mill near Coburg. Lane County granted them a 90 year franchise for movement on the river.[4][5] This met with harsh resistance from the other valley mills, loggers and farmers.[6] Booth-Kelly then decided to build a mill and supporting elements near the timber. To do this they needed to acquire the right-of-way for the Southern Pacific railroad from Springfield to their proposed site on the former homestead of William McCullough.[7] It was secured and Wendling mill and supporting structures were built in the fall of 1899 while railroad construction was underway.[8][9] The railroad was finished and the first train came into Wendling on September 3, 1900.[10]
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