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During the time of World War I, Lumberjacks from Flagstaff, Mr. Pollock
and Mr. Gaffney, borrowed money from the AT&SF railroad to build a sawmill
and railroad in the Ponderosa Pine timber belt in east-central Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
. They built
on the reservation at a place called Cluff Cienega and began the town of
Cooley, named in honor of Colonel Corridon Cooley who was head of the Apache
scouts. The town was to be connected to Holbrook by railroad.
They hired a contractor to build the railroad, and they began construction
on the mill and a few buildings in town. They railroad was named "The Apache
Railway", and the lumber company was called "The Apache Lumber Company."
Everything went well until the depression that followed World War
I. In 1923, the parnters of Wm. Cady Lumber Company from McNary, Louisiana
came to Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
to look over the Pollock property, timber leases, railway, and
sawmill. Negotiations finished and all leases and mortgages were purchased
by Mr. Wm. Cady, Mr. Alfred Smith, and Mr. James G. McNary.
In January 1924, two trainloads of employees along with their household
goods and logging machinery were transported from McNary, Louisiana to
Cooley, Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
. Because of the familiarity of the Wm. Cady Lumber Company of Louisiana,
the company president, Mr. Wm. Cady, changed the name of the Apache Lumber
Company to that of the Cady Lumber Company, and the name of the town was
renamed from Cooley to McNary.
Despite the memories of many
McNaryites, there never was a McNary Lumber Company in McNary or anywhere
else in the State of Arizona| Arizona | (air-i'-ZON-u') | The State of Arizona comprises the extreme south-western portion of the United States. It is bounded on the north by Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by Mexico, and on the west by California and Nevada. |
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