The city grew from a few thousand people to being the fourth largest city in the state by the 1930s. The initial growth period, lasting from 1923 to 1934, was very rapid. Long High School, the Longview Public Library, the YMCA building and the Monticello Hotel. A number of prominent buildings in Longview were purchased with R. At the time of its conception, Longview was the only planned city of its magnitude to have ever been conceived of and built entirely with private funds. Longview was officially incorporated on February 14, 1924. Its theme is rooted in the City Beautiful movement, which influenced urban design in the early 20th century. Kessler designed a masterpiece based on the nation's capital, with elements of Roman City planning. Louis, to build the city that would support the two mills that were now planned. The Long-Bell company contracted with George Kessler, a city planner based in St. It was apparent that Kelso, with a population of barely 2,000, would not be able to support the approximately 14,000 men that would be required to run the mill. By 1921, Wesley Vandercook had decided to build a mill near the small town of Kelso, Washington. Long (1850–1934) decided to move his operation out to the west coast, owing to the Long-Bell Lumber Company's dwindling supplies in the south. The area remained sparsely populated for nearly 60 years, consisting mostly of farmland and wilderness. The area of the towns of Monticello and Freeport is now part of the city of Longview. In 1865 Nathaniel Stone founded the town of Freeport (a mile upriver from Monticello) which became the seat of Cowlitz County until 1872. From 1854 to 1865 the town of Monticello was the seat of Cowlitz County, before being destroyed by the flooding of the Cowlitz River in December 1867. A monument to the convention is located near the Longview Civic Center. Congress agreed to statehood but as Washington, after President Washington, to avoid confusion with the District of Columbia. In 1852 a group assembled in what would be called the "Monticello Convention" to petition Congress for statehood to be called "Columbia". The area was named Monticello in honor of Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. The first Euro-American settlers were led by Harry and Rebecca Jane Huntington, in 1849. Longview was the location of Mount Coffin, an ancestral burial ground for the local indigenous people. The Kaiser Aluminum and Weyerhaeuser plants in 1972 Several buildings in the city were built from Long's private funds. Long planned and built a complete city in 1921 that could support a population of up to 50,000 and provide labor for the mills as well as attracting other industries. The number of workers needed was more than a lumber town, or the nearest town, could provide. A total of 14,000 workers were needed to run the two large mills as well as lumber camps that were planned. Long, decided to buy a great expanse of timberland in Cowlitz County in 1918. The Long-Bell Lumber Company, led by Robert A. The Cowlitz Indian Tribe, a federally recognized tribe of Cowlitz people, is headquartered in Longview. Longview shares a border with Kelso to the east, which is the county seat. The city is located in southwestern Washington, at the junction of the Cowlitz and Columbia rivers. Longview's population was 37,818 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the largest city in Cowlitz County. It is the principal city of the Longview, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Cowlitz County. Longview is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States.
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