An effort will be made to recall some of the interesting phases leading up to the introduction of various methods of logging and the acceptance of new equipment. There will be depicted in this series of articles some highlights in the history of Pacific Coast logging. Oxen followed the hand loggers horses the oxen steam drove the horses and oxen from the woods and now steam is disappearing due to encroachments of other and better methods. One system of logging has only been well installed when another has taken its place. Within a span of fifty years, or within the lives of many men now active in the industry, have occurred changes in methods, machinery and equipment that are hardly conceivable. The development of Western logging presents one of the most striking and interesting pictures of all American industry. He was clerk of the district school board, served two terms as county commissioner, and promoted early tax levies for schools. After marrying in 1890, he eventually sold 70 of his 170 acres, and most of livestock, and invested in timber. He originally worked in logging camps and cleared timber on his land. Young helped Frank Hamilton cut through the first road to Sedro from the Baker River, starting in 1896. Karl Von Pressentin were the only frontier wives in the area. When he arrived near Hamilton, he only had three close neighbors, Mount Vernon was the nearest post office and Mrs. Young, an Irish immigrant, moved to the upper Skagit river area in 1877 after working in Kansas and Nevada. You can just barely see a man near the log in the background who was feeding a deer. The two ladies standing in back of the baby buggy were Mrs. Harry "Shorty" Cary was almost obscured on the log and his father was standing in back of the bull-puncher. Ed McClure was on the horse at the left, and his brother, Charlie, was the boy with the white shirt in the center of the log. The bull puncher (standing in the center) was Johnny Brink and the tot in the streamlined buggy was his baby sister. The huge log in the photo was being dragged to the Skagit river, in the "roading" period of early logging, when loggers were just starting to cut trees that were away from the main waterways. The photo was taken at the Jesse Cary ranch, a mile east of Hamilton, and the team was owned by Young and Byers. In 1946 the Sedro-Woolley Courier-Times featured this photo of what was called "a typical ox team as used in the pioneer days of logging in this area. Crosby, Editor, West Coast Lumberman, [unknown date, maybe 1930s,Īuthor compilation from his early columns, file at Un. Home of the Tarheel Stomp Mortimer Cook slept here & named the town Bugīy W.E. Bourasaw, editor 810 Central Ave., Sedro-Woolley, Washington, 98284 An evolving history dedicated to committing random acts of historical kindness Counties covered: Skagit, Whatcom, Island, San Juan, Snohomish & BC. The most in-depth, comprehensive site about the SkagitĬovers from British Columbia to Puget Sound. Subscribers Edition, where 450 of 700 stories originate Please pass on this website link to your family, relatives, friends and clients. We need donations or subscriptions to continue. ![]() The home pages remain free of any charge.
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