The paper mill have been the largest employer to Plymouth North Carolin since the summer of 1937 when the construction begun on the mill. It was owned by Kieckhefer Container Company (John W. Kieckhefer) which was merged into Weyerhauser in 1957. In March of 2007 Weyerhaeuser Pulp and Paper Mill sold its paper interests to Domtar Paper Company LLC. The paper mill is now a Domtar papermill while the onsite sawmill is still owned by Weyerhauser.When they closed the Paper Mill in Richwood West Virginia in the early 1940's, several of the Richwooders mill workers migrated to Plymouth North Carolin and lived in a small village named little Richwood Village which is still there today, this photo was taken by Meredith Cook. Submitted by: Janet Collins
The spring of 1941 this Richwood West Virginia mill was producing paper but the shortage of raw materials and outdated machinery forced it to close About 1942.
 Submitted by: Judy Ned
The town's chief industries were a large lumber mill and the Cherry River, Paper Mill, Pulp and Paper Company.
Links
(1) Cherry River Pulp & Paper Co's Mill Richwood W. VA. (1909)
(2) The Cherry River Pulp and Paper Company Mill.
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