J. W. Haynie Papers

Captain John W. Haynie was associated with H. M. Yerington in several business enterprises dealing with land and lumber in the later part of the 19th century. Some of these were known as Yerington and Company, J. W. Haynie and Company, Genoa Flume Company, the El Dorado Wood and Flume Company and the Bodie Wood and Lumber Company Apparently, Captain Haynie acted as Yerington's agent in the field to investigate land for sale and to report on their various business interests and activities.

Little else is known about Haynie except that he served with the 10th Ohio Cavalry during the Civil War. He owned property in Carson City, where he resided, and in Douglas and Washoe Counties, Nevada.

John W. Haynie, H. M. Yerington and A .J. Ralston were partners in the J. W. Haynie and Company whose lumbering and fluming operation centered around the Little Valley, Franktown section of Washoe County, Nevada. Holdings were also acquired in Sierra Canyon, Douglas County, Nevada. The company seems to have been in existence from 1872 through 1884, although there is no record of its incorporation. Fluming wood and storing lumber at a yard in Franktown, Washoe County, Nevada appear to have been the company's major activities. There are indications that it eventually became part of the El Dorado Wood and Flume Company.