Former lumber town Pinedale celebrates centennial
By ELIZABETH LAVAL
In 1921, talk began that a major lumber mill, which would employ 1,500 people, would soon be built somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley.
Initially, Madera emerged as the likely location but a group of enterprising Fresnans, led by J.C. Forkner, C.H. Cobb, Speed B. Leas and others, launched an intensive campaign…