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I was fishing for an identity for 'orange store'. It has to be Copeland Lumberyards, but they are down to three locations from 68 at the turn of the century. I was most familiar with the Sheridan, OR location.

In 2000, Helen Joe decided to sell the company and retire. At that time Copeland Lumber had 68 retail outlets in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Arizona; 1000 employees, and annual sales of $200 million. There was no single buyer for all Copeland’s stores, so the company was broken apart and groups of stores sold to different companies.

The Copeland Lumber name lives on in Newport, Florence, and Waldport, Oregon.

Copeland Lumber - Multnomah Historical Association