Peter B. Anderson Timber Baron

Peter B. Anderson was born in Onsjö, Västergötland, Sweden on June 1,1866.
He staid at home until 1885 when he emigrated to America. He was always known by his
initials, P.B.

P.B. came first to St Paul, Minnesota, where he worked mostly in farming. In 1888 he
travelled out to the Pacific coast. He came first to Tacoma and soon to Bellingham
where he started a grocery store and later dabbled in real estate for a couple of years.
P.B. then started a logging company and a sawmill and worked with these companies until 1897.

The Klondike rush was then in full swing and P.B. couldn’t resist the temptation to try his
luck in this new Eldorado of its gold and green forests! Like thousands of others P.B.
experienced lots of adventure, although he didn’t come back with a lot of gold, he did
well enough for a comfortable life.

P.B. came back to Bellingham in 1901 and went back to his work in logging until 1909
when he decided to move to Vancouver, B.C. At that time the timber resources and the
opportunities in this field were considered endless in B.C.

Within a couple of years of moving to Vancouver P.B. owned one of the leading logging
companies in B.C. He owned large areas of timber at Knox Bay on Thurlow Island. He
also owned all his own impressive equipment, railroads, locomotives, rail cars, many
steam engines as well as timber roads and shipping docks. P.B also owned, together with his
sons Clifford Dewey and Clay Forest, the Grassy Bay logging company.

P.B. Anderson was one of the Pacific North West’s largest timber companiy employing
hundreds of people. He was very well liked by his employees and always treated the
people who worked for him well.

P.B was married to Emilia Hörberg who came from Kristianstad, Skåne, Sweden.
They had two sons and a daughter, Ethel (Becker). The couple owned a large house in South
Vancouver with a nice garden where P.B. relaxed with his family on weekends.