5. Denkmann Family Mausoleum
5. The Denkmann family is interred in their mausoleum nearby. One attractive feature of the mausoleum was a Tiffany glass window with a beautifully executed pastoral scene titled The River of Life. It has since been replaced with a simple stained glass cross. Mr. Denkmann started out as a grocer. Just as Frederick Weyerhaeuser started out in business running a sash and door company close by. Business was good then, but not good enough. Soon, the two decided to go into the lumber business together, beginning with the first band saw available in North America, and progressing to a vast empire of forestry, lumber cutting, transport and milling. The two had no idea what they were beginning when they started up river to look for the world’s best lumber. We know. They’re both buried here at Chippiannock with their families.
