The town originated as a floating logging camp for the Ketchikan Pulp Company in 1960, and grew to become the largest logging camp in North America by the 1970s. Named after Frank Manley Thorn, a U.S. Commissioner of Education, the town officially incorporated in 1982.
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Thorne Bay evolved from a company-owned logging camp to an incorporated city in 1982, partly due to the land selection program provided for in the Alaska ...
History: The Bay was named after Frank Manley Thorn, superintendent of the U.S. Coast &. Geodetic Survey from 1885 through 1889. The name was misspelled when.
Thorne Bay was home for the world's largest logging camps in the 1960s. In 1982, a State of Alaska land sale program gave residents the opportunity to ...