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819-4
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- 1934-10 (Creation)
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More than 300 unemployed men were working daily in October of 1934 on the Pierce County wood gathering project, at that time 24 miles from Tacoma on Mountain Highway near Silver Lake. A large group of hardworking woodcutters posed in front of transport vehicles, as they prepare to leave for their homes after a day's work in the forest. The wood gathering project, originated by A.B. Comfort in June of 1933, allowed the unemployed to cut and prepare the wood used for winter fuel in their homes. The participating men were picked up at various relief stations in the city in the morning. They were taken in trucks to the forest and furnished with tools to fell trees, saw and split. Each man was expected to prepare three cords of wood; two for his own use and one for distribution to those unable to cut wood. Over 23,000 cords of wood had already been cut since the project's inception with about 8,000 unemployed men participating. (T. Times 10/1/1934, pg. 3)
Woodcutting; Fuelwood; Woodcutters; Unemployment--Pierce County--1930-1940; Unemployed--Pierce County--1930-1940; Depressions--1929; Assistance--Pierce County--1930-1940;