Few dealers are as remote–or as busy–as Bosch Lumber.
Hazlehurst native Robert Johnson is hailed as one of rhythm and blues' most influential early artists because he was a great guitarist, songwriter, and singer. David Huntington of Huntington Lumber & Supply in Hazlehurst also is a triple-threat--in LBM operations.
History surrounds Jim VanLandingham. He's a lifelong resident of Petersburg, Va., site of some of the longest, fiercest battles in the Civil War. VanLandingham's Builders Supply of Petersburg is located in one of the city's historic districts and has helped renovate many of Petersburg's historic...
An expanded, web-only transcript of our interview with Mac Fitch, president of Fitch Lumber, Carrboro, N.C.
Curt Koth has worked in LBM for 40 years and with Michigan Lumber for 32. Here's how he manages this roughly $5 million single-store yard in a Rust Belt capital where the unemployment rate is half again the national average and city officials are promoting programs to demolish existing homes.
It takes more than a picture to get a true portrait of Tim Stine.
In November 2007, Justin Dubois took a break from work at Quigley's Building Supply and went on a hunting trip with his father-in-law, Quigley's owner Norman Ouellette.
Just over two years ago, Chris Costello left his position as vice president of a Gloucester, Mass., building material dealer and purchased Timberline Enterprises, a small lumberyard nearby that was flying under the radar.
Yellowstone National Park got a record 3.3 million visitors last year, and the most popular way to enter was through West Yellowstone, Mont., on a road that's just a few blocks from Greg Forsythe's Westmart Do it Center.
Glenn Miller taught himself the LBM industry beginning at 15 and went straight to work after high school.
More than four years after Hurricane Katrina, Michael Hayden and Riverside Lumber continue to rebuild in New Orleans.
Laurie Vance became president of the Lumber Association of California and Nevada (LACN) in October.
When you're on an island in Lake Michigan 32 miles off the mainland, running the only lumberyard can be rough.
It's nothing special to hear people in Anadarko, Okla., use words from the Kiowa and Caddo Indian languages. Here in the self-proclaimed Indian Capital of the Nation, located 70 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, whites and Indians contribute roughly equal numbers to the town's 6,600 population...
In 1955, Rodney Potter began working at Lewis Lumber Co. in Bradenton, Fla. He never left, even as the yard changed hands four times: to Wickes, Leeds, Hope, and now ProBuild. Now 72, he will be honored in August by the Florida Building Material Association. Potter frequently speaks at schools...
Boston's Fenway Park has the Green Monster. Jack Mackin aims to be as prominent in the Hub's green construction. Mackin, who spent seven years trading derivatives before rejoining his family's lumberyard, led the way in January 2006 to Sterritt becoming what it claims is New England's first yard...
Hot Springs, an hour's drive southwest of Little Rock, Ark., may be in a poor state and have just 40,000 residents, but it can boast of two arts festivals and that former President Bill Clinton grew up here. Alan Clark also defies stereotypes. While most LBM folks are early birds, Clark arrives at...
In about the same distance Tiger Woods plays the Augusta National Golf Club, site of this month's Masters Tournament, he could stroll to Pratt-Dudley Builders Supply in downtown Augusta. It was founded in 1935, just four years after the tournament, by Pratt's father. Here's how this $5 million yard...
Golf pro-turned-lumberman Steve Chelf and his big brother Dave run a yard 220 miles southwest of Denver amid a half-dozen mountain peaks that top 14,000 feet. Here's how he adjusts to the area's ever-changing climate.
A lot of "good ol' boys" do business with Brown Lumber and Building Supply, says Andrew Brown of his family's business in Columbiana, a central Alabama town of 5,000 that's the seat of Shelby County. Most have been around more than 30 years; some were friends of his grandfather, the second Andrew...