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A bidder looks at a generator at the IFG auction last week. Potential bidders came from all over the country to look at everything knowing that IFG poured millions of dollars into the St. Regis plant only a couple of years ago so much of the equipment was practically brand new. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)

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Idaho Forest Group auctions off remaining equipment
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Idaho Forest Group auctions off remaining equipment

In 1890 the Northern Pacific Railroad was built through Western Montana, and in 1897 the first large lumber mill was built at St. Regis.