1941: Founding
Welcome. If you are looking for a nice, utopian, perfect city, you won't find it here. If you are looking for a nice, eco-friendly
city with concerned citizens, look somewhere else. This CJ is about a city that struggled and clawed for survival from the
start. It experienced hard times, but also good times. This city is not a symbol for a utopia, but more of a production
centered city. Maybe this city will find perfect, easy lives one day. But for now, the city is run by blood, sweat, and tears.
Mostly blood and sweat. I will start out by explaining the city's founding, and the background of the nation itself.
unforgiving location on Earth. Just when you think the wrath of Mother Nature is over, she thows another blizzard,
or thunderstorm, or deep freeze, or violent gale at you. Here, however, is a reward. The fast growing Valley Pine
grows here. The Valley Pine is no ordinary pine tree, however. This pine tree is lightweight, almost as strong as
steel, and perfect for almost every wood product imaginable. However, very few logging companies have the capital
needed to open a branch anywhere in the area, and there is also the problem that there is no city to open a branch in.
Democratic States of Penguennia.
The Democratic States of Penguennia were founded in 1820 by people escaping the totalarian
goverment of Kookolinberg. The nation eventually collapsed (Kookolinberg), which made the first
president feel good. Anyway the nation (Penguennia) is the most powerful on it's imaginary Earth,
and will be for a long time, thanks to the government constantly investing in the future, such as an
investment in nuclear science before the Great War of Western Goglatia, which took 12 million souls.
The nation is pretty friendly, and doesn't love war, but will fight if it has to, which lately has been always.
However, Penguennia and it's allies have been keeping their eyes on the crazy nation of North Backhairistan,
ruled by King Topo. Topo threatens to attack Penguennia, and that is not exactly a smart move on Topo's part.
Penguennia has vast amounts of Natural Resources, and plans to use it, in preparation for what many
will call World War One. All of Penguennia and it's allies are in in Production Overdrive, getting the Allied
War Machine in top condition. One thing that will be in low supply is lumber. And Penguennia has a craving
for good, lightweight, strong lumber. And that lumber is found in the Devil's Valley.
That picture was taken in 1937, from an airship scouting out a location for the next Forestville. They already knew
how to get there, the Trans-Continential Railway went straight through the valley, and was built 1831-1865, and
spanned 1,876 miles, across the country. That picture was of the 9th attempt of Forestville. All 10 inhabitants died
by starvation, mauled by grizzly bear, frozen, dehydration, or a mortal injury (such as the guy who got his head cut
off by a machine part. All that remained were the two dipilidated cabins, a storage shed, and a broken down
diesel generator. the buildings were connected by a dirt road.
Here you can see the groundwork completed by May 18th, about a month after 12 workers arrived in the city to
build the roads, and the buildings. They would later be the first inhabitants. The streets are half done, the diesel
generator was fixed, and the old crummy buildings were being demolished, to lay for new, better buildings.
Here, the groundwork is completely finished for now, and the town workshop is being built in this picture.
The people now are living in the dirty, smelly floor of the coal shoot in the whistle stop. The living conditions
were terrible, but the hardy workers pushed on.
Let's fast forward to August 19th, 1941. Here is the start of real development. The hardy workers moved into their homes,
and some brought their families. Now almost all worked in the MPR Ammunitions factory, that just moved in. The kids helped
to truck the ammo into the holding warehouse until they would be shipped out, and the men actually made the ammo.
The women stayed at home, and took care of the younger children, and also cooked and cleaned. The War was getting
closer, and everyone felt it, especially when the trains that read PENG ARMY would pick them off and head east, to the big
factories and army bases.
Let's continue to fast forward, to April 18th, where the city built a small bronze statue to honor the first year of
incorporation, the longest a Forestville settlement has survived. Everyone celebrated on that day, when the
statue was completed. Everyone was happy.
On June 7th, 1942, the Pineforest Lumber Company opened the doors to it's tiny little office on the outskirts
of town. Everyone knew it would be the first to harness the Valley Pine Tree. But little did they also know
that it would decide the fate of the village, and even the nation.
Next Entry: 1942-43 Prewar Development and Logging Years!
Plugins Used:
PEG God mode pine trees
PEG Whistle Stop
PEG Logging Roads
Network Addon Mod
Many more addons, mostly from Pegasus.
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