Download or read book Sumpter Valley Logging Railroads written by Alfred Mullett and published by Imaginary Lines, Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1889, David Eccles chartered the Oregon Lumber Company, an organization that produced many mills and railways and whose influence was felt from Salt Lake City to Northern California and Idaho. Through family connections, Eccles was also involved with many other logging enterprises, and he influenced the growth of the Inter-Mountain region as well as the Pacific Northwest. Sumpter Valley Logging Railroads is a pictorial history of the Oregon operations, focusing on the operations along the Sumpter Valley Railway. It explores the rails, mills, and people, as well as the logging practices of a bygone era.
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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer A. Adams and published by Seattle : Superior Publishing Company. This book was released on 1961 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers logging railroad history in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevaha, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico from the 1860's through the 1950's.
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Download or read book Logging Railroads in the United States written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Durbin, West Virginia, Ronceverte, West Virginia, Pacific Lumber Company, Portland and Western Railroad, Phillips and Rangeley Railroad, Caspar, South Fork and Eastern Railroad, California Western Railroad, Franklin and Megantic Railway, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Oregon and Eureka Railroad, Rockport, California, Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad, Usal Creek, Elk, Mendocino County, California, Babcock Lumber Company, McCloud Railway, Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway, Wild River, Laurel Fork Railway, Cass, West Virginia, Perry Lumber Company, Simpson Investment Company, West Side Lumber Company railway, Andersonia, California, Arcata and Mad River Railroad, East Waterford Lumber Company, Minarets and Western Railway, Camino, Placerville and Lake Tahoe Railroad, Metropolitan, California, Sawyer River Railroad, Juniata and Southern Railroad, Harbor Springs Railway, Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad, Almanor Railroad, Crane Creek Lumber Company, Marion and Rye Valley Railway, White Top Railway, Idaho Northern and Pacific Railroad, Bodie and Benton Railway and Commercial Company, Diamond and Caldor Railway, Bartlett and Albany Railroad, Sierra Railroad, Shaver Lake Railroad, Wheeler and Dusenbury Lumber Company, Bainbridge Northern Railway, Saco Valley Railroad, Brunswick and Pensacola Railroad. Excerpt: The Pacific Lumber Company, officially abbreviated PALCO, was one of California's major logging and sawmill operations, located 28 miles (45 km) south of Eureka and 244 miles (393 km) north of San Francisco. The once storied company and its historically positive relationship with conservationists begun in the 1920s was altered drastically after a hostile takeover began in 1985. As a result, the company was transformed into a wholly owned subsidiary of Maxxam, Inc by 1986 and during its two final decades....
Download or read book Sumpter Valley Railway written by Alfred Mullett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1890, David Eccles and Charles Nibley chartered the Sumpter Valley Railway and changed the social and physical landscape of Eastern Oregon forever. The Sumpter Valley Railway and its parent company, the Oregon Lumber Company, became an economic engine that shaped the lives of generations of Eastern Oregonians. The rails stretched from Baker to Prairie City, Sumpter to Susanville, and laced ribbons of steel through the Powder River Valley and Elkhorns. This photographic history is a view into the life and times of a varied, interesting, and living railroad that was instrumental in the shaping of Eastern Oregon.
Download or read book Logging Railroads of the West written by Kramer Adams and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Model Railroader s Guide to Logging Railroads written by Matt Coleman and published by Kalmbach Publishing, Co.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly illustrated book explains the business of logging railroads and provides examples of prototype operations. Photos of locomotives, equipment, and structures set the stage for modeling logging scenes and designing a logging layout.
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Download or read book Logging Railroads of Alabama written by Thomas Lawson (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Logging Railroads of the White Mountains written by C. Francis Belcher and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history of seventeen rail lines used for logging in northern New England from the turn of the 20th century.
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