Lumbering Collection

1874 effects of lumbering

newspaper account of a drive along Alpine and Portola roads in 1874;

Bloomquist Mill near Memorial Park

big sawmill operation; Sawmills. early times. redwoods. firewood. logging. sawmills

Cutting a giant redwood

two sawyers on board by giant tree; Sawmills. early times. redwoods. firewood. logging. sawmills

Cutting a giant redwood

3 men with axes and saws and a start on felling; Sawmills. early times. redwoods. firewood. logging

Dudley Mill

mill with oxen team and stacks of wood; a widely distributed photo

Early lumbering technique

drawing of two men, one in a pit, using one two-man saw; illustration in Sawpits of the Redwoods by Alan K. Brown

horse-drawn wagon carrying small timber

horse drawn wagon laden with small branches

Logging details

details from SM Gazette and Dutch Hallett;

Nancy Lund in redwood grove

2nd growth giants on Fries property. Farm Rd.; regrowth of redwoods in valley. 2000's view of giants

Nancy Lund in redwood grove

2nd growth giants on Fries property. Farm Rd.; regrowth of redwoods in valley. 2000's view of giants

Oakley's mill text

information from Stanger book;

Oxen hauling logs

8-team oxen. lots. lumberjacks. ruined forest; early times. western hills. period clothing

Oxen hauling lumber

8 oxen . cord wood cart in forest; Sawmills. early times. redwoods. firewood. logging. sawmills

Oxen team

oxen hauling log in denuded forest with lumberjacks watching; a widely distributed photo

Transporting tan bark

six horse team pulling three wagons of small branches; William H. Shine guiding his team down Kings Mountain Road with a load of tanbark. 1/8th mile above Woodsdie General Store at Tripp Road

West Union mills map

hand-drawn map from Stanger book;

woman on lumber cart

Blanche Walker (Mrs. John Coats) on a sulkie near Pescadero; Sawmills. early times. redwoods. firewood. logging. sawmills

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