Porter Wholesale Lumber, Inc. is a part of what was originally Kearney Lumber Co. that was founded in 1952. Kearney Lumber Co. was founded by Mack Porter, who quit his teaching & coaching position in 1952 to start the small business. 

In 1976 Mack’s oldest son, Craig, joined the business. A new facility was built in Kearney & the name of the Company was changed to Porters Building Centers. In 1979 Mack’s youngest son, Kent, joined the Company. 

Four new locations, (Cameron, Mosby, Greenview, & Laurie) followed and by the early 1990s, the company consisted of 5 locations. While the Mosby location was almost exclusively used as a Builder/Contractor supply location, the other locations catered more to the Do-it-Yourself market.

In 2012, the name of the Mosby location was changed to Porter Wholesale Lumber, Inc. The company is dedicated 100% to being a Contractor/Builder supply store. 

Shortly after the transition, the company started to do transloading for selected customers. The facility is served by the Canadian Pacific Railroad making it uniquely positioned to do transloading for companies in Canada.