1883
The LaCamas Colony Company, under the leadership of Henry Pittock (famed founder of the Portland newspaper, The Oregonian), bought 2,600 acres of land. Pittock wanted to build a paper mill to supply newsprint for The Oregonian and other newspapers in the region. Crews began clearing land, building dams and constructing a sawmill. Thirty Chinese laborers began work on the Mill ditch, an aqueduct that continues to supply the mill with water. The town site of LaCamas was laid out and platted, and the first store opened for business.
1884
Henry Pittock, J.K. Gill and William Lewthwaite formed the Columbia River Paper Company. The first post office was established in LaCamas.
1889
Washington became a state.
1914
Crown Columbia merged with Willamette Paper to form Crown Willamette, the second largest papermaker in the world.
1928
Crown Willamette merged with Zellerbach Paper to become Crown Zellerbach.
1941
The machine shops were converted to manufacture shipyard parts for World War II.
1981-84
Completed a $425 million modernization, including a state-of-the-art communication papers machine. This allowed the mill to improve environmental performance and increase production to meet regional market demands.
1986
The Camas Mill becomes a subsidiary of James River Corporation of Richmond, Virginia.
1997
James River merged with Fort Howard to become Fort James Corporation
2000
Georgia-Pacific acquires the Fort James Corporation
2005
Koch Industries, Inc. purchases Georgia-Pacific and establishes it as part of Koch Forest Products, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary.