Editing Westfir, Oregon (section)

==History==
The name Westfir was first used for the community in July 1923.<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=1024}}</ref> The name came from the Western Lumber Company, which produced [[Douglas-fir]] lumber and had established Westfir as a [[company town]].<ref name=OGN/><ref name=Carlson>{{cite book |author= Carlson, Linda |title= Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest |year= 2003 |isbn=0-295-98332-9 |publisher= [[University of Washington Press]] |location= [[Seattle]] |url= http://www.lindacarlson.com/historybook.html}}</ref> A major customer of the mill at this time was the [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]], which was building its line over [[Willamette Pass]] between Eugene and [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]] in the 1920s and passing through Westfir.<ref name=Companion/> Westfir post office was established in November 1923.<ref name=OGN/> The population in 1931 was 500.<ref name=Carlson/> The Western Lumber [[sawmill]] was later sold to the Westfir Lumber Company and in 1946 to the [[Edward Hines Lumber Company]].<ref name=OGN/><ref name=Carlson/> Hines established a [[plywood]] mill in Westfir in 1952.<ref name=Companion/> In 1977, Hines closed the mills and sold the entire town, including the water and sewer system.<ref name=OGN/> The town's new owners wanted the utilities to be in public ownership, so local residents voted to [[municipal corporation|incorporate]] in 1979.<ref name=OGN/> The mill operations closed in 1984, after a series of fires.<ref name=Carlson/>

Oregon's longest existing [[covered bridge]], the [[Office Bridge]], was built across the [[North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River]] in 1944 to connect the Westfir Lumber Company mill to the main office.<ref name=CoC>{{cite web |url= http://www.oakridgechamber.com/page/45/92/ |title= City of Westfir: Connecting the Past to the Future |publisher= Oakridge-Westfir Chamber of Commerce |access-date= 2011-02-27}}</ref>