Marks Lumber and Marks-Miller Post and Pole: Local business continue to grow

On January 12, 1895, The Hartford Pioneer reported that two lumber firms planned to open up for business in Hartford. According to The Pioneer, these firms recognized “the fact that Hartford is destined to be the metropolis and business center of the greatest silver producing district in the west.”

That didn’t happen: Hartford’s silver mines failed to produce and its original lumber firms no longer operate. But the area is now home to two successful, modern day lumber-based businesses: Marks Lumber and Marks-Miller Post and Pole.

Marks Lumber