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A train hauls timber camp buildings across a trestle in the woods on the way to the next harvesting site.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi48497
Horses hauling logs up a hill, Fort Bragg, California.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., acc12785
A horse team pulls timber along a skid road.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 8045
Steam skidder runs on tracks as logs are pulled behind, Tillamook Co..
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 017179
Hauling logs, for Webfoot Weekly newsreel, film by Jesse Sill, c.1923-1927.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi104553
Cable-loading system, loading lumber off a cliff, Brookings, Oregon, c.1920.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi38729
Logging camp, Bridal Veil, Oregon.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Orhi44631
Sail-block loading rig, sketch from the Timberman.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi76832
A large team of horses pull timber along a skid road, Washington State.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 51243
A donkey engine by a log pond, Tillamook County, c.1900.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 002852
Men use oxen to transport timber in the Pacific Northwest.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 3651
Cold-decking fir, cedar, spruce, and hemlock, Gray's Harbor.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 017406
Group of logs lifted into air by steam skidded, Lyman Timber Co., 1923.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 017287
Hoist lifting a log out of a log pond, Colton, Oregon, 1916.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 021912
Timbermen with ox team.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi93325
Signal tree, Port Orford, 1939.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., Federal Works Progress, 677
An ox team hauls logs over trestle.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., OrHi4711
Men pose on McGiffert loader rail car and high wheel, Forest Lumber Co., Pine Ridge, Oregon.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 017309
Donkey engines.
Courtesy Oregon HIst. Soc. Research Lib., 017165
Men stand on a donkey engine riding a sled.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 022906
Men stand near four donkey engines at work in a clearcut, Pacific Northwest.
Courtesy Oreg. Hist. Soc. Research Lib., 016336