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hello and welcome back to western washington history if you are traveling in the mountains in the hills of western washington it's not uncommon to see a logging truck or two either helping you go faster down the hill or possibly nearly running you off a dirt road as you come around the corner all kidding aside there's been an intimate connection here with logging for over 200 years washington is the second largest lumber producer in the united states lumber is still king here in the back woods of washington the methods have changed and the need for lumber has grown enough backstory we are here to talk about a man and a company that changed the game not just here in washington but all across the united states the michael jordan so to speak of the logging truck industry theodore f peterman came to the united states from germany in about 1872 he settled in san francisco which was the largest city on the west coast at that time after living there for a few years he traveled north to tacoma