Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of History
First Advisor
Katrine Barber
Term of Graduation
2013
Date of Publication
Spring 4-26-2013
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in History
Department
History
Language
English
Subjects
Holden Village (Wash.) -- History, Howe Sound Mining Company (Holden Village, Wash.) -- History, Company towns -- Washington (State) -- Holden Village -- History, Church camps -- Washington (State) -- Holden Village -- History, Church conference centers -- Washington (State) -- Holden Village -- History
DOI
10.15760/etd.717
Physical Description
1 online resource (iv, 131 pages)
Abstract
In 1937, Howe Sound Company built the town of Holden, Washington, to support its copper-mining operation at Copper Peak, located in the North Cascade Mountains, approximately 10 miles west of Lake Chelan. The operation produced concentrate from 1937 to 1957, during which time the town was home to a lively community featuring many families, a variety of organized recreational activities, and a public school. It was a company town, in which most property, business, organized activity, and public utilities and services were either directly or indirectly controlled by Howe Sound. After the operation shut down in 1957, the town was abandoned. Three years later, the property was donated to the Lutheran Bible Institute of Issaquah, Washington. It subsequently became Holden Village, an independent, non-profit Lutheran retreat center. Though different in purpose and character from the community that preceded it, life in Holden Village during its formative years (the 1960s and, to a lesser extent, the 1970s), and in the 2010s, was and is similar in a number of ways to life in the mining town. This thesis argues that Holden Village, too, might be considered a company town within a loose definition of the term. The many parallels between the two communities support this argument, and point to the role of the remote setting and the environment in shaping the lives of the town's residents.
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/9493
Recommended Citation
Olshausen, Mattias, "From Company Town to Company Town: Holden and Holden Village, Washington, 1937-1980 & Today" (2013). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 717.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.717