1800s Early Logging Photos Stories & History - Reference w Lumber Axes Saws Etc
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1800s Early Logging Photos Stories & History - Reference w Lumber Axes Saws Etc. Here was the greatest stand of Douglas fir timber in existence and here was labor for the Poles, Finns, Swedes and Norskies lured out of the Midwest to convert the mammoth trees into the lumber that helped build the West Coast cities. Collector Bookstore Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCH-1984-9780887400360-WH3 Timber! (Early Logging Photos & Stories) by Ralph Andrews ISBN: 9780887400360 Book Title: Timber Author: Ralph W. Andrews Binding: Soft Cover Copyright: 1984 Pages: 182 Size: 8.1 x 10.5 in. Has anyone today any conception of the grandeur, the extent, the million board feet a day production ...the entire meaning of the forests of the Pacific Northwest - the "Big Woods"? The photographs alone in this absorbing book will instantly transport the reader into this former world. Here was the greatest stand of Douglas fir timber in existence and here was labor for the Poles, Finns, Swedes and Norskies lured out of the Midwest to convert the mammoth trees into the lumber that helped build the West Coast cities. Ralph Andrews presents a fascinating subject - the hope, courage and tragedy in the lives of the men and women who opened up the dense native forests or as the loggers said "brought daylight into the swamp," and converted the trees into the lumber which built the West Coast cities. Here are many nostalgic scenes showing high climbers, fallers balanced on high springboards, yokes of oxen and up to eight spans of horses dragging logs on skidroad, yokes of oxen and up to eight spans of horses dragging logs on skidroads to flumes, rivers and salt water, early donkey engines, railroads on steep grades, logging camps as well as devastating fires. Andrews' style of writing is graphic and spirited with strong emphasis on human interest. 171 b/w photos (Description generated 2026-05-14) bcfc2fcf7b70c4d73bc6ddeb4e285bd1
