Lawrence C. Tidyman

Served:
December 28, 1967 – November 5, 1968 (appointed 12-28-1967)
November 5, 1968 – April 10, 1973 (elected 11-5-1968)
Dallesport, Washington
Before serving as a commissioner, Lawrence was a partner in the Mayfield Meat Market and served in the World War II North Africa campaign. After the war, he was a partner in the Columbia Hiway Meat Market and Lockers company until 1953. He purchased the W.E. Lowell Ranch on the Dallesport peninsula in 1950 and spent the following years farming and raising cattle until his retirement in 1972 (Tidyman Road in Dallesport is named after him and The Dalles Dam and Bridge sit on land that was part of the ranch). After his time with the Port, he went on to serve as a board member for Klickitat County Hospital District No. 2 and the Lyle School District. He passed away in February 1998 at age 88.
During his tenure, Dow Chemical began looking at Dallesport as a site for their plant, 462 acres at Dallesport were acquired from the C.T. Smith estate and the Army Corps of Engineers, construction of Marina Park was completed, nine acres at Dallesport were sold to Dow Chemical while another 225 acres were acquired from Fred Smith, the first rail spurs and water distribution lines were constructed, the water reservoir (originally intended as a storage silo for Dow Chemical) was acquired and installed, the "West Bingen" properties were sold to SDS Lumber, the 101 Parallel (aka The Dalles Cherry Growers) building was constructed, and property was sold for the Bingen wastewater treatment facility.
(obituary: Lawrence C. Tidyman, The Enterprise 3-12-1998, pg 16)