1920s
Bob Logan sits on one of the barges being loaded for shipment from his mill in 1924. Railcars also stand by waiting to be loaded, as does another steamboat docked at the river’s edge in Newport. Strong arms and broad shoulders were needed to do this backbreaking...
1920s
Oxen were often used to pull the heaviest loads, especially in muddy conditions, which were frequent since much of the land being cleared was along the river, and the river usually overflowed it’s banks twice a year, contributing to the outstanding fertility of...
1920s
The virgin timber harvest yielded gigantic logs, which were very difficult to remove from the bottomlands where they were cut. Several small logging railroads solved the problem for many loggers of this era. One such line, the Bonnerville and Southern...
1920s
This is a typical logging camp in which men would set up for a few days or weeks to clear the trees from an area and then haul them to one of the numerous sawmills in the county. Mules were stronger than horses, though not as easily governed, and they were the...
1880s, Photo Search
The W.B. Empie lumber mill was one of the largest mills in Jackson County, as reflected in this drawing. Located between the railroad tracks and the river, as the mills usually were, the Empie operation could transport its product by railcar or steamboat. In this...
