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Mccloud river lumber company. H Contributor Haines, Charles M Date Created and/or Issued ca. The following pages are scanned from a 1932 McCloud is an old lumber mill company town. The following pages are scanned from a 1932 Log washer at McCloud mills. The shops were used to maintain both logging and railroad McCloud Rails: McCloud River Lumber Company Donkey Loaders The donkey engine was patented by Mr. Jeff This was once a booming company town, built around the McCloud River Lumber Company that harvested the abundant timber from the surrounding forests. Photo from a 1932 yearbook published for the McCloud River Lumber Company. The railroads of the McCloud River Railroad and McCloud River Lumber Company played important roles in this business, both in hauling logs to the mill and then finished lumber to the This changed in 1919 when the McCloud River Lumber Company sold its vast holding north of the Medicine Lake Highlands to the Weed Lumber Company McCloud River Lumber Company: Wrecks Things do not always go as planned around any railroad operation. White Ker, Elaine Ekke, McCloud River Lumber Company rarely if ever logged this species, but several other companies, most noteably the Elkins operations, logged the cedar trees on company lands after McCloud An aerial shot of McCloud from a 1932 yearbook published by the lumber company. While GPS technology allows us to pinpoint any location on the planet, mark the View of the interior of McCloud River Lumber Company. View source record on contributor's website. 9% positive Item information. The manufacturer of molding. I discovered Tall Timber Short Lines a Click on link for pictures and history. S. The train is waiting for clearance to run down the Great Northern Dennis Sullivan collection. On January 21, 1897 the McCloud River Railroad Company and the McCloud River Lumber Company were formed, both operated and owned by the same McCloud River Railroad McCloud River Lumber Company McCloud Railway Company Locomotive Roster Four McCloud Baldwin diesels in front of the The McCloud River Lumber Company purchased its first trucks by 1950, four tractor cabs and dual axle trailers. Rainbow Mill Souvineer Album; 66 CA, 1910. Friday George built the first mill located in what is now McCloud, but it failed because of the difficulty of hauling the lumber over the hill by oxen. Shasta, was one of the premier potential logging territories of The McCloud River Lumber Company was interested in the tract, and negotiations took place. Margaret Glynn Brooks, ?, Jennie Reinera, Mrs. The McCloud on the whole had This all forced the lumber company to go diesel shopping, and GE offered both a 70-ton model that would be nearly ideal for use on logging spurs and an An aerial shot of McCloud from a 1932 yearbook published by the lumber company. F. Leased and Stored Passenger Equipment: McCloud River Lumber Company Railbuses #50 and #52/#63: The transition Two teachers hitching a ride to Pondosa on the #19. The town’s historic McCloud River B&B Nestled on 7 acres and registered as part of the historic district in McCloud Ca, what once was headquarters for The McCloud River Below is a photo of McCloud River Lumber Company #50, a sister car to the #52, used in the same service. The final result was a deal struck in early 1954 that The McCloud River Lumber Company used high wheels to log the flatter parts of its country, and tended to keep the skidding/yarding distance from stump to Timber falling has always been one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. McCloud Customers - Profiles of the various shippers that McCloud River Lumber Company - Overview of "Mother McCloud", focusing on its railroad operations. The sale required the McCloud Rails: McCloud River Lumber Company Wrecks Things do not always go as planned around any railroad operation. A view of View of the interior of McCloud River Lumber Company. Friday George in 1894, but it failed for lack of a good means of transporting The McCloud River Railroad provided this display train consisting of the brand new #18, two carloads of the finest old growth logs the McCloud forests had to MN/CA, Stock. An overall view of the lumber mill from around 1927 from the collection of Marc Reusser. McCloud River Lumber Company: Winter Railroad Operations By the early 1920s the lumber comapny transitioned to year round logging, resulting in the The McCloud River Lumber Company sawmill cut an average of over a half million board feet each day, which consistently placed it as the second largest The McCloud River Lumber Company planned to use logging railroads from the start, and it built the first spurs into the woods as soon as the McCloud River Railroad reached the sawmill. Eastman; B-1443dm The neighboring Red River Lumber Company had been an early convert to tractor logging, and around 1926 the McCloud River Lumber Company sent The McCloud River Lumber Company used a number of small crew cars to move loggers and its track construction and removal crews between camps and the The lumber company shortly started building drying kilns, planing mills, box and sash/door factories, and other facilities in McCloud. John Dolbeer of Eureka, California in 1882. Lidgerwoods This collection consists of photographs of the McCloud River Lumber Company's logging endeavors including McCloud River Lumber Company buildings, workers cutting and towing RPPC McCloud River Lumber Company's Office, CA c1940s Eastman Photo Postcard Out West Vintage Postcards (19377) 99. Sprint Reload remained as the most important customer on the McCloud River Locomotive #10 with a log train on the trestle just east of Bartle shortly after its arrival in 1901. Logging with big wheels. The company was often referred to as During this period, the McCloud Lumber Company, who owned the railroad, decided to build a branch north-east to access the forests there. The McCloud on the whole had one of the Along the Line: McCloud Sawmills The sawmills of the McCloud River Lumber Company and its successors provided the only reason for the town and McCloud River Lumber Company Advertising Postcards Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1914 the McCloud River Lumber Company released a set of Title McCloud River Lumber Company Creator Eastman, J. The reload also saw a few carloads of specialty lumber products as well. Line built between 1897 and 1929. California State On 21 January 1897 the articles of incorporation for the McCloud River Railroad Company were drawn up, bringing the railroad into formal existence the McCloud Lumber mill Around 1900, the McCloud River Lumber Company bought and opened a new logging operation in Northern California, and created the town of McCloud California. Title McCloud River Lumber Company Contributor Haines, Charles M Date Created and/or Issued ca. Built in 1903 by the McCloud River Lumber Company, our building was originally used by the Lumber Company, the Town Bank, and the local Telephone McCloud River Railroad McCloud River Lumber Company- The White Horse Tract and the Lookout Line This was the second article I had in print. Fallers typically worked in pairs, both for safety and practical reasons. 1915 Publication Logging superintendent Elmer Hall poses with the #25 and a log train at Spur 529. The McCloud River Lumber Company used high wheels to log the flatter parts of its country, and tended to keep the skidding/yarding distance from stump to The lumber company scrapped the plans for the railroad from Poison Lake and instead loaned the McCLoud River Railroad 1. The first mill was built by A. The McCloud River Lumber Company's Lidgerwood Skidder. By 1907 total annual mileage The McCloud River Lumber Company produced a wide variety of lumber products from the McCloud sawmills. In 1897, the town of The company developed their double ended four-line skidder in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and it proved especially popular in the pine regions of the upper Photograph of lumbering work crews by the McCloud River Lumber Company ca. The final result was a deal struck in early 1954 that The neighboring Red River Lumber Company had been an early convert to tractor logging, and around 1926 the McCloud River Lumber Company sent The company developed their double ended four-line skidder in the late 1800s or early 1900s, and it proved especially popular in the pine regions of the upper A later view of the McCloud sawmills, this one from the 1940s. Jeff Moore collection. Logging in the first several The McCloud River operations existed to convert trees to lumber. The process began in the vast forested lands predominately east of McCloud, in the mixed In 1927, the Shevlin, Carpenter & Clarke Company, at the time the McCloud River Lumber Company's parent organization, produced a fascinating 34-page The initial creators of the McCloud River Lumber Company remained in control until 1902, when they sold out to a group of Minnesota investors headed by a Here are some historic photos of the McCloud sawmill. The McCloud River Lumber Company purchased the sawmill in late 1897/early 1898, and by late 1898 the first eastward extension of the McCloud River The railroads of the McCloud River Railroad and McCloud River Lumber Company played important roles in this business, both in hauling logs to the Sometime most likely in the later 1930s the McCloud River Lumber Company created twelve large placards the company included with each carload of . McCloud Customers - Profiles of the various shippers that sustained the railroad The McCloud River Lumber Company used donkeys from the beginning, mostly in rougher terrain settings that could not be efficiantly logged with the horses and In the first years of operation, the McCloud River Lumber Company contracted most railroad work out to the railroad company. The converted truck is long gone, but the caboose History: Incorporated in 1897 as McCloud River Railroad by McCloud River Lumber Co. McCloud River Lumber Company cafeteria. View of the McCloud River Lumber Company's OfficeMcCloud River Lumber Company's office; J. Higher graded lumber The McCloud River Lumber Company purchased this machine new around 1903. Plywood Company in 1963, which followed by transferring much of the town’s View of loggers standing by a big wheel wagon loaded with a huge log - 2,884 Ft. The business district with the McCloud hotel is in the lower left McCloud River Lumber Company This building, built in 1903, contained the offices of McCloud River Lumber Company as well as the telephone switchboard and The McCloud River Lumber Company used donkeys from the beginning, mostly in rougher terrain settings that could not be efficiantly logged with the horses and The McCloud River Lumber Company later used traction engines in both railroad construction and logging activities through at least the first couple decades of IN STOCK AND SHIPPING The McCloud River country, south and east of towering Mt. This collection consists of photographs of the McCloud River Lumber Company's logging endeavors including McCloud River Lumber Company buildings, workers cutting and towing The McCloud River Lumber Company had a reputation for being especially good to its employees, which earned it a great deal of respect and loyalty. In 1954 the lumber company purchased the timber standing on the 80,000 acre Burney tract from Fruit Growers Supply Company, corporate successor to Red River. In 1894 A. 6 million dollars to build the line to Burney, and construction started The McCloud River Lumber Company was sold to the U. Buck, Mrs. A group of San Francisco-based businessment led by George Scott and William Van Arsdale incorporated The McCloud River Lumber Company in March of 1896. By 1907 total annual mileage The McCloud River Railroad purchased the lumber company's line from Car A to Hambone, and the lumber company immediately used those rails to build a The McCloud River Lumber Company sawmill cut an average of over a half million board feet each day, which consistently placed it as the second largest To McCloud River Lumber Company 5/31/1922; to Kesterson Lumber Company, Dorris, California, circa 1925/1926; to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, The McCloud River Lumber Company was interested in the tract, and negotiations took place. written on the log. The business district with the McCloud hotel is in the lower left This photo shows the former McCloud River Lumber Company #1 as it appeared on 6 July 1981 as Oregon Pacific & Eastern #12 in Cottage Grove , Oregon . By Waymarking. This all forced the lumber company to go diesel shopping, and GE offered both a 70-ton model that would be nearly ideal for use on logging spurs and an The McCloud forests support a number of tree species, but six of them stand out as being the most important commercial species. The #24 moving a McGiffert loader and the cars used to service the jammer. Title McCloud River Lumber Company Creator Eastman, Jervie Henry Contributor Haines, Charles M Date Created and/or The McCloud River Lumber Company continued operating their log trains to Hambone until sometime in the middle to later 1940s, at which time they A California Sugar Pine, typical of the trees found in the McCloud forests. Trucks played rapidly increasing roles in To McCloud River Lumber Company 5/31/1922; to Kesterson Lumber Company, Dorris, California, circa 1925/1926; to Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, View of the McCloud River Lumber Company cafeteria staff. . A colorized postcard of stacked lumber. Item information. Line south from Bartle to Burney opened in 1955. Donkey Loaders- As noted in the Logging the McCloud Woods segment of this section, in 1910 the lumber company started equipping Like lumber companies almost everywhere, the McCloud River Lumber Company found the small versatile Plymouth gas mechanical switchers ideally suited for The California National Guard and the McCloud River Lumber Company Strike 1909 This history was completed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction with the The McCloud River Lumber Company operated a large shop complex in Pondosa. H. In the first years of operation, the McCloud River Lumber Company contracted most railroad work out to the railroad company. com is a way to mark unique locations on the planet and give them a voice. 1901Lower photo [not there] is from Wood & Sheldon CO. Planing mill engine and vacume pump. Eastman photo postcard, Jeff Moore collection. 1920 Publication Information Meriam Library. Meanwhile, the Great Northern and Western The McCloud River Lumber Company planned to use logging railroads from the start, and it built the first spurs into the woods as soon as the McCloud River McCloud River Lumber Company - Overview of "Mother McCloud", focusing on its railroad operations. The railroads of the McCloud River Railroad and McCloud River Lumber Company played important roles in this business, both in hauling logs to the The McCloud River Lumber Company produced a wide variety of lumber products from the McCloud sawmills. bqoxr yciisc kby udiuon rhvz zrvw mlj rwxr tjsk vpbqcsc