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The old-timers panicked, and held a vote to disincorporate. [16] Apiary: 1889 Columbia: D Currently, Apiary Road is a popular freight route for forest products moving from the Northern Oregon Coast Range to markets in Longview, Washington. [17] Ashwood: 1870 (c.) Jefferson: C [18] [19] Auburn: 1861 1903 Baker: A Site of first gold rush in ...
Black Rock is an unincorporated community and former logging camp in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about three miles west of Falls City, in the Central Oregon Coast Range on the Little Luckiamute River. [2]
The revival of a ghost town has unearthed the history of Black loggers who worked in Oregon when it was illegal for them to even live in the state. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells ...
The museum's focus is the historical forest products industry, particularly logging specific to the local area of Coos County which is situated among vast forest preserves. The museum, a non-profit educational institution, is staffed entirely by volunteers, many of whom hail from the logging camps themselves.
About a one-half-mile (800 m) up Idiot Creek was a logging camp called Ryan's Camp, which was part of the salvage operations following the Tillamook Burn. Since the spot was so remote, it was said that only an idiot would work there, so the camp was popularly known as Idiotville. The name was eventually applied to the stream. [2]
The Crown Zellerbach trail is a conversion of old logging roads (themselves a conversion from old railroad way) to a trail for mountain biking, hiking, and horseback riding. This trail extends over 20 miles (32 km) Vernonia to Scappoose. [20] In 2023 the trail was designated as a National Recreation Trail to be included in the National Trail ...
Shevlin was an unincorporated community in Deschutes and Klamath counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. [1] It consisted of a collection of logging camp buildings that were moved from place to place on rail cars as logging progressed. [2] The loggers worked for the Shevlin–Hixon Company. [2]
In a 1915 survey of timber and logging camps in the Pacific Northwest, it was reported that Jonsrud mill was producing 20,000 feet (6,100 m) of lumber per day. [46] Today, Vanport International is the main lumber company operating out of Boring. Although their main business is lumber export, they are co-located with a lumber mill actively ...