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Community Profile: Flagstaff’s Early Businessmen Built a Legacy

May 23, 2010 By Cecile LeBlanc

  In 1887, Matt Riordan shook hands with Edward E. Ayer and purchased Ayer Lum- ber Co. for $145,000. Less than a month later, the mill burned to the ground. Rather than cut their losses and head back to Chicago, the Riordan brothers, Matt, Tim and Michael, used this opportunity to expand. Within two weeks, Tim had the mill up and running. Dur- ing rebuilding, they brought in another mill to continue cutting and used other smaller units in the forest to rough cut the timber. They paid off … [Read more...] about Community Profile: Flagstaff’s Early Businessmen Built a Legacy

Filed Under: Community Profile Tagged With: adequate water supply, Arizona, Caroline, Caroline Metz, Chicago, Donna, Edward E. Ayer, Elizabeth, Family, Flagstaff, forest research station, Historic Park, Kathy Far-, Lake Mary, Marilyn, Marilyn Ruggles, Matt, Matt Riordan, Michael, Michael Riordan, Northern Arizona, northern arizona university, Paul Bunyan, RAN, riordan family, riordan mansion state historic park, Russell, Tim, Tim Riordan, Timothy, Tours

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