Steamboat, the Veteran, pulls a cigar raft of logs on the Columbia.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 12263

Logs awaiting spring flood to carry them to Columbia River.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrH4698

Log raft from Oregon to San Diego.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi79635

Log rafts on the Willamette River, 1947.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi7887

Log raft under construction.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Gi7889

Priest River log jam, 1948.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., acc9511

Sternwheelers with lumber raft, Columbia River, Astoria.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 4630

Logs plunge downhill into the water, Pope & Talbot, Dallas, Oregon.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 0327A062

Log pond, Gilchrist Lumber Co., c. 1938.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 022976

Log raft in Rinearson Slough, Columbia County.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 4697

Sorting table, Falls, Oregon.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., photo file 648A

Floating logs, Pacific Northwest.

Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 21760