Lynden Transport

Company History: The Lynden family of companies provides transportation and logistics solutions in Alaska, Canada, the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii and around the world. Extensive multi-modal capabilities allow customers to optimize time and money by shipping via air, land or sea, or in any combination.

Ed Austin moved from Minnesota to Lynden, WA with his family in 1887. In 1906, at age 23, he started hauling goods from the railroad station to local businesses with a wagon and a team of horses. He called his new business Lynden Transfer, and his wife Ethel handled the bookkeeping from their home in Lynden.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.