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Robert "Bob" W.
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ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM HUNT SR. - ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM HUNT SR. -
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ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM HUNT SR. - ROBERT "BOB" WILLIAM HUNT SR. -
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Robert "Bob" W.
Hunt
1869 - 1964
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Robert “Bob” William Hunt Sr. (1869-1964) was the sales manager of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company’s Everett office, working for the company for nearly 41 years.

1869 1886 1891 1899 1905 1907 1915 1931 1933 1946
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Bob Hunt worked for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company from 1905-1946. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia, Creative Commons)

A World Traveler.

Hunt, born in Sri Lanka, formerly Great Britain’s Ceylon, had earned his own way since he was 14. He worked in a lawyer’s office, a tailor’s shop and a stationery store in Scotland. He then worked on a naval training ship moored at an English port for three years. But he wanted to see the world.

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An Introduction to the Lumber Business.

In 1886, Hunt joined the crew of an American sailing ship loaded with coal for Hong Kong. The vessel then took on lumber cargo in Puget Sound and headed for San Diego – he was now getting an introduction to the lumber business. He left the ship at Hadlock, Washington.

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A New Home.

After working at a Hadlock sawmill for two years, Hunt moved to South Bend and worked at a mill there for three years. When a recession closed the mill, he followed his parents to Australia on a German steamer in 1891. After eight more years in lumber, he decided to work in shipping again, this time sailing between Australia, Tasmania and Fiji.

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A Return to America.

By 1899, Hunt yearned to be back in America, so he boarded a vessel carrying coal to San Francisco. He found his way to a sawmill in South Bend and then another in Tacoma.

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New Role, New Life.

Hunt was hired in 1905 as an export inspector and tallyman for Weyerhaeuser’s Mill A in Everett.

In that same year, Hunt married Clara Belle Brown in 1905, and together they had two children – Amy and Robert Jr. The family of four lived at 8300 Beverly Blvd., which today houses the Bre Cyn Hair Salon in Everett. It is said that he handpicked the lumber for their home.

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Coming Up.

In 1907, he was promoted to sales manager. He was in charge of lumber sales from Mill A.

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New Mill, New Opportunity.

When Mill B was built in 1915, he took over the sales of the new mill in addition to Mill A.

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District Leadership.

As Weyerhaeuser continued to expand, Hunt was appointed as sales manager of the California district, with seven salesmen, in 1931.

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A Forced Return to Everett.

Hunt returned to Everett in 1933 when the San Francisco office was closed due to the Great Depression.

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Retirement After a Successful Career.

He retired in 1946, in charge of the Everett territory for the last 13 years, which he knew like a book.

While living in Everett, Hunt was a member of the Cascade and Kiwanis clubs and the West Coast Lumberman’s Association.

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