Little Things We Did Not Know...

Given the fact that both Beth I use trees in the production of our Hand Made Wares I thought it would be interesting to share this with you.
How tough were these guys? When the Northwest logging industry was still young...

Just look at the length of the hand saw they needed...

...and look at the size of the heavy duty axes...

The work required very strong and courageous men...

After a tree was felled the real work began - a week or more to cut it up...

Maneuvering the logs down the mountain to the train was a complex job...

Some of the logs were larger than the train engine...

A hollowed out log became the company's mobile office... and Hollowed out logs were also used to house and feed the crews...

I aquired this last picture from my mother over the holidays. When the trains could no longer do the job or the snow was too deep and the the tracks were covered they would add horses to the front of the engines and travel very slowly. My great great great grandfather is the gentleman on the top left of the log haul. I had NO IDEA !